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Winner of the Alfaguara PrizeWinner of the Gregor von Rezzori Prize'A powerful, humane novel about a man trying to make sense of a war he didn't choose to fight' The Times'The story is compelling but through Vásquez's vivid prose (rendered brilliantly into English by the award-winning translator Anne McLean) it also becomes haunting . A poignant and perturbing tale about the inheritance of fear in a country scrabbling to regain its soul' Financial Times
No sooner does he get to know Ricardo Laverde in a seedy billiard hall in Bogotá than Antonio Yammara realises that the ex-pilot has a secret. Antonio's fascination with his new friend's life grows until the day Ricardo receives a mysterious, unmarked cassette.
Shortly afterwards, he is shot dead on a street corner.
Yammara's investigation into what happened leads back to the early 1960s, marijuana smuggling and a time before the cocaine trade trapped Colombia in a living nightmare.
Winner of the Alfaguara PrizeWinner of the Gregor von Rezzori Prize'A powerful, humane novel about a man trying to make sense of a war he didn't choose to fight' The Times'The story is compelling but through Vásquez's vivid prose (rendered brilliantly into English by the award-winning translator Anne McLean) it also becomes haunting . A poignant and perturbing tale about the inheritance of fear in a country scrabbling to regain its soul' Financial Times
No sooner does he get to know Ricardo Laverde in a seedy billiard hall in Bogotá than Antonio Yammara realises that the ex-pilot has a secret. Antonio's fascination with his new friend's life grows until the day Ricardo receives a mysterious, unmarked cassette.
Shortly afterwards, he is shot dead on a street corner.
Yammara's investigation into what happened leads back to the early 1960s, marijuana smuggling and a time before the cocaine trade trapped Colombia in a living nightmare.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 320 |
| Inhalt: | 320 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781408831618 |
| ISBN-10: | 1408831619 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Vasquez, Juan Gabriel |
| Übersetzung: | Anne McLean |
| Hersteller: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Maße: | 198 x 128 x 22 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Juan Gabriel Vasquez |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 12.09.2013 |
| Gewicht: | 0,222 kg |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 320 |
| Inhalt: | 320 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781408831618 |
| ISBN-10: | 1408831619 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Vasquez, Juan Gabriel |
| Übersetzung: | Anne McLean |
| Hersteller: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Maße: | 198 x 128 x 22 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Juan Gabriel Vasquez |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 12.09.2013 |
| Gewicht: | 0,222 kg |
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