Shantytown
At last, a noir novel from the Argentine master of suspense and surprisesMaxi, a middle-class, directionless ox of a young man who helps the trash pickers of Buenos Aires's shantytown, attracts the attention of a corrupt, trigger-happy policeman who will use anyone — including two innocent teenage girls — to break a drug ring that he believes is operating within the slum. A strange new drug, a brightly lit carousel of a slum, the kindness of strangers, gunplay... no matter how serious the subject matter, and despite Aira's fascination with urban violence and the sinister underside of Latin American politics” (The Millions), Shantytown, like a…
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Weitere Autoren: Andrews, Chris (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8112-2158-0
- EAN: 9780811221580
- Produktnummer: 34247265
- Verlag: New Directions
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 128 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 523 KB
Über den Autor
Nominated for a Neustadt award and the Man Booker International Prize, César Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina, in 1949. He has published at least one hundred books and recently created a limited edition, Valise,” for the Museum of Modern Art, NYC.
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