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By
Antonio Skarmeta and
Mery Botbol (trans)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Other Pr Llc
Publication date
June 25, 2013
Pages
231
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781590516270
ISBN-10
1590516273
Dimensions
0.75 by 5 by 8 in.
Weight
0.52 lbs.
Original list price
$13.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: A novel based on the true story of how an advertising campaign caused the fall of
Chileâs dictator, General Pinochet
   Nico, the son of a noted Chilean philosophy professor, witnesses his fatherâs arrest while he is teaching a class. Bettini, the father of Nicoâs best friend, is a leftist advertising executive who has been blacklisted and is out of work after having been imprisoned and tortured by Pinochetâs police. This doesnât stop the ministry of the interior from asking Bettini, who is the best in the business, to come up with a plan for the upcoming referendum designed to say âyesâ to Pinochetâs next term. But just hours after he has been approached by the right, the head of the opposition makes him the exact same offer. What is Bettini going to do? Put his life on the line or sacrifice his political convictions? Finally he goes with the left. The next hurdle is finding a slogan that would be approved by the sixteen factions that comprise the opposition and who never agree on anything. Whiskey after whiskey, an idea finally emerges.
   This is a vivacious tale that examines how advertising and politics come together during the Pinochet regime. But this is also a coming-of-age story where we see through Nicoâs experience what it means to grow up in a country where nothing is allowed and almost any move can feel like an earnest act of resistance.
Chileâs dictator, General Pinochet
   Nico, the son of a noted Chilean philosophy professor, witnesses his fatherâs arrest while he is teaching a class. Bettini, the father of Nicoâs best friend, is a leftist advertising executive who has been blacklisted and is out of work after having been imprisoned and tortured by Pinochetâs police. This doesnât stop the ministry of the interior from asking Bettini, who is the best in the business, to come up with a plan for the upcoming referendum designed to say âyesâ to Pinochetâs next term. But just hours after he has been approached by the right, the head of the opposition makes him the exact same offer. What is Bettini going to do? Put his life on the line or sacrifice his political convictions? Finally he goes with the left. The next hurdle is finding a slogan that would be approved by the sixteen factions that comprise the opposition and who never agree on anything. Whiskey after whiskey, an idea finally emerges.
   This is a vivacious tale that examines how advertising and politics come together during the Pinochet regime. But this is also a coming-of-age story where we see through Nicoâs experience what it means to grow up in a country where nothing is allowed and almost any move can feel like an earnest act of resistance.
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