Needle in a Haystack by Ernesto Mallo
Superintendent Lascano is a detective working under the shadow of military rule in Buenos Aires in the late 1970s. He is sent to investigate the discovery of two bodies but when he arrives at the roadside crime scene he finds three.
What Mallo has achieved is a flawless, relentless work, a book the reader will find suffocating and yet impossible to put downA" Diario Y Noticias Crime fiction continues to be an effective prism when focusing on political violence. Mallo's writing is hard and sharp. But the book is not simply a triumph of style because the story itself offers both a reflection on a time of bloodshed and a raw vision of human misery.A" Guillermo Saccomanno
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 is his first novel and the first in a trilogy with detective Lascano. The first two are being made into films in Argentina. Katherine Silver: Award winning translator from the Spanish, lives in California and has translated Emilio Calderon for Penguin, Jorge Franco for Farrar, Strauss, Giroux and Horacio Castellanos Moya for New Directions.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781904738565 |
| ISBN 10 | 1904738567 |
| Title | Needle in a Haystack |
| Author | Ernesto Mallo |
| Series | Inspector Lascano Mystery Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bitter Lemon Press |
| Year published | 2010-06-10 |
| Number of pages | 227 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for CWA International Dagger 2011 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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