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ISBN: 0140153462

ISBN13: 9780140153460

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Name: A Must Read
Item: Here, Bullet
Rating: 5
Author: Thriftbooks.com User

By Brian Turner

Juan Carlos, a self-styled ladies' man, is dying of tuberculosis. The four women in his life keep watch over him: his doting mother, his vigilant, protective sister, and the two current loves of his life--one a portrait of purity, the other as wicked as she is seductive.They all bemoan Juan's cruel destiny, and their devotion to him is so encompassing that their own lives are forgotten in the shadow of his decline.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0140153462

ISBN13:9780140153460

Release Date:June 1991

Publisher:Penguin Group

Length:22 Pages

Weight:0.45 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.0" x 7.7"

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Rated 5 stars
Poetic mystery set in Argentina

By Thriftbooks.com User, January 9, 2007

Lovely evocation of Puig's affinity/facination with noir and Hollywood from the 30's and 40's. The book is a kind of mystery as well as a depiction of class in Argentina from the 40's to the 60's. A lot is asked of the reader. Because the novel unfolds through journal and diary entries, letters, police and hospital reports, church confessions, etc, the reader must synthesize the material as well as deciding where the truth...

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Rated 4 stars
Another well crafted novel from Puig

By Thriftbooks.com User, April 28, 2006

Manuel Puig is one the great writers of the twentieth century - none of his books are the same, they are all well crafted, intrigung as well as captivating.

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Rated 5 stars
Una obra que debe ser leida!

By Thriftbooks.com User, October 8, 1998

Esta narracion es un folletin que se convierte ,gracias a la maestria de Manuel Puig, en un relato seductor e inolvidable. Un clasico dentro las obras de este escritor argentino!

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Rated 5 stars
Manuel Puig's Unrecognized Masterpiece

By Thriftbooks.com User, January 30, 1998

The tale of "Heartbreak Tango" is a captivating web spun out of the spider-threads of the inhabitants' lives in a small Argentinian town. Touching, humerous, and filled with the sadness of human emotional attachments, Puig has created a magnificent look into the life of a veritable "Don Juan." An extremely good read!

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