Winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary AwardWinner of the Alfaguara PrizeWinner of the Gregor von Rezzori PrizeA powerful, humane novel about a man trying to make sense of a war he didnt choose to fight The TimesThe story is compelling but through Vsquezs vivid prose (rendered brilliantly into English by the awardwinning 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 Bogot than Antonio Yammara realises that the expilot has a secret. Antonios fascination with his new friends life grows until the day Ricardo receives a mysterious, unmarked cassette.Shortly afterwards, he is shot dead on a street corner.Yammaras 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.

Binding: Paperback;320 pages; Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Classification: FA; Weight: 352 g; Dimensions: 193 x 123 x 21

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