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[Emily Horner]

This is very likely "The Sparrow" by Mary Doria Russell:

"An enigma wrapped inside a mystery sets up expectations that prove
difficult to fulfill in Russell's first novel, which is about first
contact with an extraterrestrial civilization. The enigma is Father
Emilio Sandoz, a Jesuit linguist whose messianic virtues hide his
occasional doubt about his calling. The mystery is the climactic turn
of events that has left him the sole survivor of a secret Jesuit
expedition to the planet Rakhat and, upon his return, made him a
disgrace to his faith. Suspense escalates as the narrative ping-pongs
between the years 2016, when Sandoz begins assembling the team that
first detects signs of intelligent extraterrestrial life, and 2060,
when a Vatican inquest is convened to coax an explanation from the
physically mutilated and emotionally devastated priest."-- from the
Publishers Weekly review.

Emily Horner

On 3/12/07, Kathi Kemp-Tejeda <batonrouger2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Find a book alert:
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> Patron is looking for a book about a missionary who
> gets sent to another planet, stays there for a time,
> and before he comes back to Earth, his hands are cut
> between the fingers practically down to his wrists.
> They mystery is why the cutting.  Main character, if
> recalled correctly, has an Hispanic name.  Book has a
> sequel.
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> Does this ring a bell with anyone?
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