The Sound of Things Falling Paperback / softback
by Juan Gabriel Vasquez
Paperback / softback
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Winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary AwardWinner of the Alfaguara PrizeWinner of the Gregor von Rezzori Prize'A powerful, humane novel about a man trying to make sense of a war he didn’t choose to fight' The Times'The story is compelling but through Vásquez’s vivid prose (rendered brilliantly into English by the award-winning translator Anne McLean) it also becomes haunting … A poignant and perturbing tale about the inheritance of fear in a country scrabbling to regain its soul' Financial TimesNo sooner does he get to know Ricardo Laverde in a seedy billiard hall in Bogotá than Antonio Yammara realises that the ex-pilot has a secret.
Antonio's fascination with his new friend's life grows until the day Ricardo receives a mysterious, unmarked cassette. Shortly afterwards, he is shot dead on a street corner. Yammara's investigation into what happened leads back to the early 1960s, marijuana smuggling and a time before the cocaine trade trapped Colombia in a living nightmare.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:12/09/2013
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- ISBN:9781408831618
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:12/09/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9781408831618