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The sound of things falling

Vasquez, Juan Gabriel, 1973-2013
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No sooner does he get to know Ricardo Laverde in a seedy billiard hall in Bogota than Antonio Yammara realises that the ex-pilot has a secret. Antonio's fascination with his new friend's life grows until the day Ricardo receives a mysterious, unmarked cassette. Shortly afterwards, he is shot dead on a street corner. Yammara's investigation into what happened leads back to the early 1960s, marijuana smuggling and a time before the cocaine trade trapped Colombia in a living nightmare.
Main title:
The sound of things falling / Juan Gabriel Vasquez ; translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean.
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2013.
Collation:
297 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
This translation originally published: 2012.
Awards:
English PEN Award
ISBN:
9781408831618 (pbk)
Dewey class:
863.7
LC class:
PQ8180.32.A797
Language:
EnglishSpanish
BRN:
264735
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