{"title":"Carlos Busqued","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"magnetized-book-carlos-busqued-9781948226684","title":"Magnetized","description":"\u003cb\u003eNPR, One of the Best Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \"chilling but fascinating portrait\"of a serial killer, and\"a must-read for true crime fans\" who enjoyed\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMy Dark Places\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Stranger Beside Me\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, or\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eI'll Be Gone In the Dark\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e(\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eOne of Argentina's most innovative writers brings to life the story of a teenager who murdered 4 taxi drivers in 1982 Buenos Aires-without any apparent motive.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Over the course of one ghastly week in September 1982, the bodies of 4 taxi drivers were found in Buenos Aires, each murder carried out with the same cold precision. The assailant- a 19-year-old boy, odd and taciturn, who gave the impression of being completely sane. But the crimes themselves were not- 4 murders, as exact as they were senseless.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e More than 30 years later, Argentine author Carlos Busqued began visiting Ricardo Melogno, the serial killer, in prison. Their conversations return to the nebulous era of the crimes and a story full of missing pieces. The result is a book at once hypnotic and unnerving, constructed from forensic documents, newspaper clippings, and interviews with Melogno himself. Without imposing judgment, Busqued allows for the killer to describe his way of retreating from the world and to explain his crimes as best he can. In his own words, Melogno recalls a visit from Pope Francis, grim depictions of daily life in prison, and childhood remembrances of an unloving mother who drove her son to Brazil to study witchcraft. As these conversations progress, the focus slowly shifts from the crimes themselves, to Melogno's mistreatment and misdiagnosis while in prison, to his current fate- incarcerated in perpetuity despite having served his full sentence.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Using these personal interviews, alongside forensic documents and newspaper clippings, Busqued crafted \u003ci\u003eMagnetized\u003c\/i\u003e, a captivating story about one man's crimes, and a meditation on how one chooses to inhabit the world, or to become absent from it.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49591166402833,"sku":"GOR011741185","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49777599742225,"sku":"CIN1948226685G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51110253920529,"sku":"CIN1948226685VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1948226685.jpg?v=1751125485"},{"product_id":"magnetized-book-carlos-busqued-9781646220588","title":"Magnetized","description":"Over the course of one ghastly week in September 1982, the bodies of four taxi drivers were found in Buenos Aires, each murder carried out with the same cold precision. The assailant: a 19-year-old, odd and taciturn, who gave the impression of being completely sane. But the crimes themselves were not. More than thirty years later, Argentine author Carlos Busqued began visiting Ricardo Melogno, the serial killer, in prison. Their conversations return to the nebulous era of the crimes and a story full of missing pieces. 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Finalmente result  ser un postadolescente de diecinueve a os. Un muchacho raro y taciturno que, ya detenido, admiti  los cr menes y los describi  en detalle sin mostrar emoci n alguna. No dec a incoherencias, no deliraba, no daba la impresi n de estar loco. Sin embargo, el acto mismo era lo loco. Los cuatro asesinatos eran tan espec ficos como carentes de motivo. No hab a ninguna raz n ni secuencia l gica deducible que llevara a las muertes.Personalidad an mala. Trastorno esquizot pico de la personalidad. S ndrome esquizofr nico sobre personalidad psicop tica. Trastorno de personalidad antisocial con n cleos esquizoides. Cuadro delirante cr nico, compatible con parafrenia o paranoia. Psic pata esquizo perverso hist rico. Autista. Estabilizado. Preso. Aquel muchacho raro de 1982 es hoy un hombre mayor que parece m s un empleado p blico que un asesino en serie. En este libro, ese hombre habla con un escritor en el hospital psiqui trico del complejo penal de Ezeiza. La conversaci n visita la nebulosa  poca de los cr menes y recorre distintos momentos de una historia llena de piezas faltantes, con una variable siempre presente: la extra eza.Construido a partir de grabaciones de entrevistas, documentos forenses y recortes de diarios, Magnetizado es un texto raro y dif cil de clasificar. Evita la interpretaci n y el juicio, dejando espacio para lo  nico que puede acercarnos a comprender la naturaleza de los cr menes: la voz de su protagonista. Acompa ado por esa voz, el lector cruza la puerta del asesinato m ltiple y se instala en la perturbadora habitaci n vac a que hay al otro lado.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50459649507601,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50459649736977,"sku":"GOR010358137","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51522868936977,"sku":"CIN8433998501G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/8433998501.jpg?v=1751033441"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-carlos-busqued.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}