Sweet Scent of Death by Guillermo Arriaga
A Sweet Smell of Deathcomes from the body of a naked young woman who is found murdered one morning in a remote Mexican village. This is a fiercely human story of how all the villagers gradually become involved in the hunt to discover the murderer and avenge the brutal slaying. It is a story of forbidden love - love that pushes the main characters to the edge of the abyss and drags them inexorably to fulfil their tragic destiny. Influenced by William Faulkner and Paul Auster, Arriaga has woven a complex narrative of the terrible cost of love.
Ram n, a young shopkeeper, was first on the scene when the nude body of a teenage girl is discovered in the Mexican village of Loma GrandeWhilst covering her with his shirt, he recognises the murdered girl as Adela, the daughter of 'newcomers' brought in to work land expropriated from drug dealers. Although Ram n had only spoken briefly to Adela, word quickly spreads that she was his girlfriend and the local delegate bribes the police to stay away. Then suspicion unjustly falls on an itinerant trader, 'The Gypsy', after a man brags about seeing him making love to Adela when in truth it was with another villager's wife. There is a tragic ending to this absorbing, tightly focused story by an internationally acclaimed Mexican writer.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571214167 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571214169 |
| Title | Sweet Scent of Death |
| Author | Guillermo Arriaga |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2002-07-08 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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