Mapuche
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A Mapuche woman in Buenos Aires tries to solve a friend's murder in this Prix Landerneau-winning crime novel by the acclaimed French author of Zulu.
Twenty-eight-year-old Jana is a Mapuche, one of those indigenous "people of the earth" who were dispossessed when the Argentinean constitution turned them into outlaws overnight. A survivor of the Dirty War, Jana is now sculptor of a rare talent. But to make ends meet, she must also prostitute herself down at the docks. Her best friend, Miguel, a.k.a. Paula, is a transvestite who also works the docks. Jana and Miguel are connected, as if by a blood bond--so when Miguel disappears, it shatters Jana's fragile world. Then the body of a transvestite is found emasculated at an abandoned port, La Boca. Jana turns to private investigator Rub n Calder n for help and protection. After serving time following the coup d' tat of March 24, 1976, Calder n has been searching for any trace of los desaparecidos--the disappeared--and their odious tormentors.Together, Jana and Rub n will plunge into the corrupt heart of the Argentinean political system on a hunt for a vicious murderer.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1609451201
ISBN13:9781609451202
Release Date:July 2013
Publisher:Europa Editions
Length:464 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 5.2" x 8.2"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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