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The Buenos Aires Quintet
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
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Description for The Buenos Aires Quintet
Paperback. When Pepe Carvalho's uncle asks him to find his son, Raul, in Buenos Aires, Pepe is reluctant. All he knows about Argentina is 'tango, Maradona, and the disappeared' and he has no desire to find out more. But family is family and soon Carvalho is in Buenos Aires, getting more caught up in Argentina's troubled past than is good for anybody. Translator(s): Caistor, Nick. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 268.
When Pepe Carvalho's uncle asks him to find his son, Ra?l, in Buenos Aires, Pepe is reluctant. All he knows about Argentina is 'tango, Maradona, and the disappeared' and he has no desire to find out more. But family is family and soon Carvalho is in Buenos Aires, getting more caught up in Argentina's troubled past than is good for anybody. As he gets nearer to finding Raul, he begins to realise the full impact of the traumas caused by a military junta who went so far as to kidnap the children of the political activists they ... Read more
When Pepe Carvalho's uncle asks him to find his son, Ra?l, in Buenos Aires, Pepe is reluctant. All he knows about Argentina is 'tango, Maradona, and the disappeared' and he has no desire to find out more. But family is family and soon Carvalho is in Buenos Aires, getting more caught up in Argentina's troubled past than is good for anybody. As he gets nearer to finding Raul, he begins to realise the full impact of the traumas caused by a military junta who went so far as to kidnap the children of the political activists they ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852427832
SKU
V9781852427832
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About Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán was born in Barcelona in 1939. He was a journalist, novelist and creator of Pepe Carvalho, a fast-living, gourmet private detective. Montalbán won both the Raymond Chandler Prize and the French Grand Prix of Detective Fiction for his thrillers, which are translated into all major languages. He died in October 2003.
Reviews for The Buenos Aires Quintet
Montalban is a writer who is caustic about the powerful and tender towards the oppressed
Times Literary Supplement
An inventive and sexy writer. Warmly recommended.
Irish Independent
This is nothing less than world-class crime fiction
Big Issue
The most metaphysical gumshoe on the streets - the plot is as concerned with exploring capitalism's malignancy ... Read more
Times Literary Supplement
An inventive and sexy writer. Warmly recommended.
Irish Independent
This is nothing less than world-class crime fiction
Big Issue
The most metaphysical gumshoe on the streets - the plot is as concerned with exploring capitalism's malignancy ... Read more