The Islands
Published on 29. May 2012
548 pages
978-1-908276-13-1 (ISBN)
Description
Buenos Aires, 1992. Hacker Felipe Félix is summoned to the vertiginous twin towers of magnate Fausto Tamerlán and charged with finding the witnesses to a very public crime. Rejecting the mission is not an option. After a decade spent immersed in drugs and virtual realities, trying to forget the freezing trench in which he passed the Falklands War, Félix is forced to confront the city around him - and realises to his shock that the war never really ended. A detective novel, a cyber-thriller, an inner-city road trip and a war memoir, The Islands is a hilarious, devastating and dizzyingly surreal account of a history that remains all too raw.
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Language
English
Place of publication
High Wycombe
United Kingdom
File size
1,05 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-908276-13-1 (9781908276131)
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Carlos Gamerro, born in 1962, is one of the most highly regarded contemporary Argentine writers. He has written four novels, including The Islands andAn Open Secret (Pushkin Press). He adaptedThe Islands for a major theatrical production in 2011.Gamerro, who was brought up bilingually in English and Spanish, has translated Shakespeare, Auden, and Harold Bloom, and lectures in 20th century literature in Buenos Aires.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- Chapter 1 : ACRYLIC & GLASS
- Chapter 2 : THE CORDOBESE ARMADILLO
- Chapter 3 : THE MALVINAS STRIKE BACK
- Chapter 4 : SIDE SHOPPING MALL
- Chapter 5 : THE FREEDOM EQUATION
- Chapter 6 : SPANISH SURPRISE
- Chapter 7 : PINBALL & TETRIS
- Chapter 8 : PARQUE CHAS
- Chapter 9 : THE VIGIL
- Chapter 10 : EL DORADO
- Chapter 11 : CLUB MED BORDA
- Chapter 12 : THE DIARIES OF MAJOR X
- Chapter 13 : HOMO ARGENTINUS
- Chapter 14 : THE PAIN DRUG
- Chapter 15 : THE BATTLE OF MOUNT LONGDON
- Chapter 16 : THE RECOVERY OF THE ISLANDS
- AUTHOR'S NOTE
- Copyright
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