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Sweet Money: An Inspector Lascano Mystery
Ernesto Mallo
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Description for Sweet Money: An Inspector Lascano Mystery
Paperback. Second in a series in Argentina. Written by a former guerillero. Superintendent Lascano is drawn into a war between the Buenos Aires Chief of Police, and the Apostles, drug-dealing cops who want to control the city. When the Chief of Police is murdered Lascano becomes the Apostles' next target. His only way out of the country is to retrieve the loo Translator(s): Silver, Katherine. Num Pages: 267 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 222. 267 pages. Second in a series in Argentina. Written by a former guerillero. Superintendent Lascano is drawn into a war between the Buenos Aires Chief of Police, and the Apostles, drug-dealing cops who want to control the city. When the Chief of Police is murdered Lascano becomes the Apostles' next target. His only way out of the country is to retrieve the loo. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FF. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight: 220. Translator(s): Silver, Katherine.
Superintendent Lascano is drawn into a war between the Buenos Aires Chief of Police and the Apostles, drug-dealing cops who want to control the city. When the Chief of Police is murdered Lascano becomes the Apostles' next target. His only way out of the country is to retrieve the loot from a bungled bank robbery. Mallo paints a scathing portrait of Argentina where the Junta's generals are paraded in court in civilian clothes, treated like mere petty thieves. The mothers and grandmothers of The Plaza de MayoA" see the people who have stolen their children go unpunished; corruption and ... Read more
Superintendent Lascano is drawn into a war between the Buenos Aires Chief of Police and the Apostles, drug-dealing cops who want to control the city. When the Chief of Police is murdered Lascano becomes the Apostles' next target. His only way out of the country is to retrieve the loot from a bungled bank robbery. Mallo paints a scathing portrait of Argentina where the Junta's generals are paraded in court in civilian clothes, treated like mere petty thieves. The mothers and grandmothers of The Plaza de MayoA" see the people who have stolen their children go unpunished; corruption and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bitter Lemon Press
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
Number of Pages
267
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904738732
SKU
V9781904738732
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About Ernesto Mallo
Born in 1948, Mallo is a published essayist, newspaper columnist, and playwright. He is a former militant, pursued by the dictatorship as a member of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias, which was later absorbed by the Montoneros guerilla movement. 'Needle in a Haystack' and 'Sweet Money', the first two of the Lascano trilogy, are being made into films in Argentina.
Reviews for Sweet Money: An Inspector Lascano Mystery
Praise for 'Needle in a Haystack' by Ernesto Mallo(ISBN: 978-1904738-565, published in June 2010: 'Mallo, a newspaper columnist, playwright and former opponent of the then military regime, paints a vivid and compelling picture of a society riven by corruption, social breakdown and casual brutality. Pacy, intense and thought-provoking read.' Guardian 'Martin Cruz Smith and Philip Kerr fans will ... Read more