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by César Aira
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language: english
Publisher: New Directions, November of 2013 ‧
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At last, a noir novel from the Argentine master of suspense and surprises

Maxi, a middle-class, directionless ox of a young man who helps the trash pickers of Buenos Aires’s shantytown, attracts the attention of a corrupt, trigger-happy policeman who will use anyone — including two innocent teenage girls — to break a drug ring that he believes is operating within the slum. A strange new drug, a brightly lit carousel of a slum, the kindness of strangers, gunplay... no matter how serious the subject matter, and despite Aira’s “fascination with urban violence and the sinister underside of Latin American politics” (The Millions), Shantytown, like all of Aira’s mesmerizing work, is filled with wonder and mad invention.

Shantytown

by César Aira

Property Description
ISBN: 9780811221580
Publisher: New Directions
Release Date: November of 2013
Language: English
Pages: 128
Format: eBook
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Categories: eBooks in English > Fiction > Fiction
EAN: 9780811221580
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

César Aira

César Aira (Argentina, 1949) é um dos mais importantes autores da literatura sul-americana contemporânea. A sua voz narrativa, única e inclassificável, granjeou-lhe uma legião de admiradores e o estatuto de autor de culto. Publicou mais de uma centena de livros, incluindo romances, contos, ensaios e teatro, pelos quais recebeu inúmeras distinções, designadamente o Prix Roger Caillois, o Premio Iberoamericano de Narrativa Manuel Rojas e o Prix Formentor 2021, este último pela sua «recriação incansável do impulso narrativo, a versatilidade do seu relato inacabável e a ironia lúdica da sua imaginação impaciente».

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