The Name of a Bullfighter
This “engrossing, thoughtful noir novel” (Publishers Weekly) pits a former South american Marxist guerrilla against an ex-Stasi agent in a race to uncover the truth about a cache of medieval coins stolen during World War II. Translated by Suzanne Ruta.
This “engrossing, thoughtful noir novel” (Publishers Weekly) pits a former South american Marxist guerrilla against an ex-Stasi agent in a race to uncover the truth about a cache of medieval coins stolen during World War II. Translated by Suzanne Ruta.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780156005487 (0156005484)
Publish date: October 15th 1997
Publisher: Mariner Books
Pages no: 228
Edition language: English
Totally different from The Old Man Who Read Love Stories. Sepulveda wrote a noir, hard boiled post-Berlin wall treasure hunt with characters that have nothing or very little to lose. Hard, rough but smart characters. Hard men that spent their lives fighting, plotting, surviving. The lead character i...