1.A novel written by an insider. Mallo is a former militant, pursued by the dictatorship as a member of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias, which was later absorbed by the Montoneros guerilla movement.The second crime novel in a trilogy with police Superintendent Lascano. The first two are being made into films in Argentina.Bestselling author, essayist and playwright of Argentine fiction, published for the first time in English by Bitter Lemon Press.A spell-binding crime novel set in Argentina in the years under Alfonsin, elected President in the early 1980’s, after the fall of the dictatorship. Mallo paints a scathing portrait of Argentina where the Junta’s generals are paraded in court in civilian clothes, treated like mere petty thieves. The mothers and grandmothers of “The Plaza de Mayo” see the people who have stolen their children go unpunished- corruption and violence continue to rule. But at the centre of the novel is a touching portrayal of two broken men, a cop and a robber, whose humanity is sorely tested by the times and events racking this proud country.
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