The Buenos Aires Quintet - Softcover

Vázquez Montalbán, Manuel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1852426403 ISBN 13: 9781852426408

Publisher: Serpent's Tail, 2003

Synopsis

Gourmet detective Pepe Carvalho returns to investigate Argentina's turbulent political past.

"The modern committed writer, Montalbán exposes the criminal power relationships beneath the facade of democracy."-Guardian

When Pepe Carvalho's uncle asks him to find his son, Raúl, in Buenos Aires, Pepe is reluctant. All he knows about Argentina is "tango, Maradona, and the disappeared" and he has no desire to find out more. But family is family and soon Carvalho is in Buenos Aires, getting more caught up in Argentina's troubled past than is good for anybody. Montalbán's unique mix of socialist politics, sexual intrigue and cultural underworlds are given a new twist against this South American backdrop.

Manuel Vázquez Montalbán lives in Barcelona, where he was born in 1939. In 1998, Montalbán was awarded the Raymond Chandler Prize for his mysteries.

About this title

About the Author:

Manuel Vazquez Montalban lives in Barcelona where he was born in 1939. He is a journalist, novelist and creator of Pepe Carvalho, a fast-living, gourmet private dectective. Montalban has won both the Raymond Chandler Prize and the French Grand Prix of Detective Fiction for his thrillers, which are translated into all major languages.

Review:

'Montalban is a writer who is caustic about the powerful and tender towards the oppressed' Times Literary Supplement; 'The modern committed writer, Montalban exposes the criminal power relationships beneath the facade of democracy' Guardian

About this edition

• Publisher: Serpent's Tail
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1852426403
• ISBN 13: 9781852426408
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 252