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Tango for a torturer : a novel by / Daniel Chavarria ; translated by Peter Bush

By:

Chavarria, Daniel, , 1933-

Contributor(s):

Bush, Peter R., 1946-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Akashic Books , 2007.Description: 341 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9781933354194

Uniform titles:

Rojo en la plana del loro . English

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

LAS FIC CHA

LOC classification:

PQ8520.13.H38 O56313 2007

Summary: A one-time Argentine revolutionary exacts an inventive revenge on the ex-military man who once did him a horrible wrong in this superior crime novel from Uruguayan author Charvarria (whose 2001's Adios Muchachos won an Edgar). While visiting Havana, Aldo Bianchi, now in his mid-50s and living in Italy, falls in love with Bini, a spectacularly beautiful, not particularly monogamous 27-year-old woman. In the midst of his efforts to talk her into marrying him, he discovers that the now retired Uruguayan military officer who tortured him and killed his girlfriend years earlier is living in Havana, enjoying a happy life under the false name Alberto Rios. Intent upon seeing harsh justice done, Bianchi employs every trick he can, including Bini's personal charms, to lure Rios into a complicated trap. The author, who lives in Havana, brings to his novel a superlative narrative sense, keen feel for human behavior in desperate situations and a deep understanding of the nature of dictatorships.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	FIC CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		6788

Originally published: United Kingdom : Serpent's Tail, c2006.

Translated from Spanish.

A one-time Argentine revolutionary exacts an inventive revenge on the ex-military man who once did him a horrible wrong in this superior crime novel from Uruguayan author Charvarria (whose 2001's Adios Muchachos won an Edgar). While visiting Havana, Aldo Bianchi, now in his mid-50s and living in Italy, falls in love with Bini, a spectacularly beautiful, not particularly monogamous 27-year-old woman. In the midst of his efforts to talk her into marrying him, he discovers that the now retired Uruguayan military officer who tortured him and killed his girlfriend years earlier is living in Havana, enjoying a happy life under the false name Alberto Rios. Intent upon seeing harsh justice done, Bianchi employs every trick he can, including Bini's personal charms, to lure Rios into a complicated trap. The author, who lives in Havana, brings to his novel a superlative narrative sense, keen feel for human behavior in desperate situations and a deep understanding of the nature of dictatorships.

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