The Adventure of the Busts of Eva Perón
- Authors
- Gamerro, Carlos
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Tags
- el sueño del señor juez , urban guerrillas , a yuppie column of che guevara , buenos aires , la aventura de los bustos de eva , pen translates! programme , argentina , novel , evita city , revolution , ernesto marroné , carlos gamerro , latin america , el secreto y las voces , construction company , un yuppie en la columna del che guevara , the islands , 1970s , eva perón , comedy , the book of rare affections , seventies , ransom , 1975 , slums , satire , evita , el libro de los afectos raros , businessmen , busts , statue , contemporary fiction , adventure , las islas , don quixote , factories , self-help manuals , an open secret , descamisados , dirty war , translation , fausto tamerlán , how to win friends and influence people , literary fiction
- Date
- 2004-10-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.40 MB
- Lang
- en
1. The cusp of Argentina's Dirty War. The magnate Tamerlán has been kidnapped by guerrillas, demanding a bust of Eva Perón be placed in all ninety-two offices of his company. The man for the job: Marroné. His mission: to penetrate the ultimate Argentinian mystery—Eva Perón, the legendary Evita.
Carlos Gamerro's novel is a caustic and original take on Argentina's history.
**Carlos Gamerro** is one of the best-known and most highly regarded contemporary Argentine writers. Born in 1962, he has published six works of fiction, including the novels *The Islands* (2014, And Other Stories) and *An Open Secret* (2011).