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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Planeta Pub Corp
Publication date March 1, 2003
Pages 252
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9789504905691
ISBN-10 9504905692
Dimensions 0.50 by 4.50 by 7.25 in.
Weight 0.44 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock
Original list price $4.95
Other format details foreign language
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
In a novel based on a crime that took place near Buenos Aires in September of 1965, a band of thugs robs a bank with the help of corrupt police and politicians who expect a share of the loot, but the robbers try to keep it all.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Una historia estremecedora en la que la violencia no tiene limites, una narracion coral con personajes inolvidables, un drama dominado por las pasiones humanas mas oscuras: la traicion, la avaricia, la corrupcion, el miedo y la desesperacion.

Ricardo Piglia hace una reconstruccion ficcionada y caleidoscopica de un atraco que tuvo lugar en 1965 en la provincia de Buenos Aires. Una banda criminal, conchabada con policias y politicos corruptos, prepara el asalto a un furgon que contiene un botin millonario. Tras el golpe, abandonan a sus complices y huyen al norte con el dinero. Pero la ley, los medios de comunicacion y los traicionados los perseguiran hasta el asedio ultimo y sangriento en un edificio de Montevideo. Resena: Un relato criminal frenetico. The Times Literary Supplement ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A hair-raising story in which violence has no limits, a choral tale with unforgettable characters, a drama dominated by the darkest human passions: betrayal, greed, corruption, fear, and desperation.

Ricardo Piglia creates a fictional and kaleidoscopic reconstruction of a robbery that took place in 1965 in the province of Buenos Aires. A criminal gang, in cahoots with corrupt police and politicians, prepares an assault on a truck containing a small fortune. After the hit, they abandon their accomplices and flee to the north with the money. But the law, the media, and the ones they betrayed will follow them until the final, bloody siege in a building in Montevideo. Summary: "A frenetic crime tale." -The Times Literary Supplement

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Paperback
Book cover for 9788433924629 Book cover for 9789507313745
 
from Seix Barral (March 15, 2004)
9789507313745 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $8.95
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from Planeta Pub Corp (March 1, 2003)
9789504905691 | details & prices | 252 pages | 4.50 × 7.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.44 lbs | List price $4.95
About: In a novel based on a crime that took place near Buenos Aires in September of 1965, a band of thugs robs a bank with the help of corrupt police and politicians who expect a share of the loot, but the robbers try to keep it all.
from Editorial Anagrama (July 1, 2000)
9788433924629 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $25.90
from Editorial Anagrama (July 1, 2000)
9788433924629 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $25.90

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