Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle that Set them Free

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

‘Riveting …The best book I’ve read all year.’ Ann Patchett

‘An astonishing tale of survival’ Spectator

THE STORY THAT GRIPPED THE GLOBE

August 2010: the San Jose mine in Chile collapses trapping 33 men half a mile underground for 69 days.

Faced with the possibility of starvation and even death, the miners make a pact: if they survive, they will only share their story collectively, as ‘the 33’.

1 billion people watch the international rescue mission.

Somehow, all 33 men make it out alive, in one of the most daring and dramatic rescue efforts even seen.

Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist Hector Tobar is the man they choose to tell their story.

‘ An eloquent testament to the human spirit’ The Times

‘A masterful account of exile and human longing, of triumph in the face of all odds.’

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