Description: "This book is the story of how over three decades, one anthropologist came to understand failure-both his own and those of the discipline-through Chilean Mapuche narratives of the witch, the clown, and the usurper, and their insatiable appetites for destruction, greed, and property"-- Provided by publisher.
Brief description: Magnus Course is Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh.
Review Quotes: "A personal, thoughtful, beautifully crafted and written reflection on the topic of failure. A must-read."-- "Marjorie Murray, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile"