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Chargement... The Islands (1998)par Carlos Gamerro
   Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.   ) liliana2013 | Aug 30, 2015 |  "Argentina is an erect prick ready to breed, and the Malvinas, its balls. When we recover them, fertility shall return to our lands." Felipe Felix is our protagonist who is trying very hard to forget the war but finds that the war is very much a part of his next case. He is hired to track down members of a pyramid scheme who were witnesses to the son of entrepreneur Tamerlán murdering someone by throwing them off the top of a office block. In turns scatologically surreal, a harrowing depiction of a senseless war and a missing person style investigation of a strange Buenos Aires peopled by broken characters all of whom are in some way connected with the war. Where Gamerro succeeds is in the “real”, where he fails is in the humour (although perhaps its just because its not to my taste – over the top absurdist and slapstick) and the surreal “naked lunch” style moments. Gamerro uses the book to muse upon the Argentine’s obsession with the war, the absurdity of the war and upon the Junta and its torturers. Overall – There is a lot to like about this book but some elements for me just didn’t work which dropped it to an average rating. (  ) psutto | Jun 26, 2012 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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"Exhilarating, inventive, and consistently absorbing."--The Guardian Buenos Aires, 1992. Hacker Felipe Félix is summoned to the twin towers of magnate Fausto Tamerlán and charged with finding witnesses to a very public crime. Refusal is not an option. After a decade immersed in virtual realities, trying to forget the Falklands War, Félix has to confront the city. Detective novel, cyber-thriller, inner-city road trip, and war memoir,The Islands is a hilarious, devastating, and dizzyingly surreal account of a history that remains raw. Carlos Gamerro, born in 1962, is one of the most highly regarded contemporary Argentine writers. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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 Google Books — Chargement...GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)863.7Literature Spanish and Portuguese Spanish fiction 21st CenturyClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne: (4.27)
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