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Songs for the Flames by Juan Gabriel Vasquez
37.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Being economical with the truth allows a photographer to understand something of which she would have preferred to have remained ignorant. A chance meeting at a regimental reunion obliges a veteran of the Korean War to confront his past. A walk-on part in a Polanski film finds the narrator searching the ...Show more
The Secret History of Costaguana by Juan Gabriel Vasquez
24.99 NZD
28.99 (13% off)
Category: Historical Fiction
London, 1903. Joseph Conrad is struggling with his new novel ('I am placing it in South America in a Republic I call Costaguana'). Progress is slow and the great writer needs help from a native of the Caribbean coast of South America. Jose Altamirano, Colombian at birth, who has just arrived in London, ...Show more
The Shape of the Ruins by Juan Gabriel Vasquez
27.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Trans Anne McLean | Reading Level: very good
"Like Don DeLillo's JFK-themed Libra, the novel is an intoxicating blend of fact and fiction" Glasgow Herald "A masterful writer" Nicole Krauss "A highly sophisticated, fast-moving political thriller set in Colombia and an excellent read" Alan Furst "A dazzlingly choreographed network of echoes and mirr ...Show more
The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vasquez
36.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
No sooner does he get to know Ricardo Laverde than disaffected young Colombian lawyer Antonio Yammara realises that his new friend has a secret, or rather several secrets. Antonio's fascination with the life of ex-pilot Ricardo Laverde begins by casual acquaintance in a seedy Bogota billiard hall and gr ...Show more
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