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Gesell dome / Guillermo Saccomanno ; translated from the Spanish by Andrea G. Labinger.

Title
Gesell dome / Guillermo Saccomanno ; translated from the Spanish by Andrea G. Labinger.
Author
Saccomanno, Guillermo
Publication
  • Rochester, NY : Open Letter, 2016.
  • ©2016

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Book/TextRequest in advance PQ7798.29.A264 C3613 2016Off-site

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Labinger, Andrea G.
Description
xix, 616 pages; 22 cm
Summary
"Winner of the 2013 Dashiell Hammett Prize--Through a skillful weaving of characters and plotlines, coming together like a completed puzzle, Saccomanno has crafted a monumental novel where individual stories unnerve us while building to the unexpected and explosive finale."--El Mundo. Like True Detective through the lenses of William Faulkner and John Dos Passos, Gesell Dome is a mosaic of misery, a page-turner that will keep you enthralled right until its shocking end. Opening with reports of a child abuse scandal at an elementary school, then weaving its way through dozens of sordid storylines and characters--including various murders, corrupt politicians and real-estate moguls, and the Nazi past of the city--Gesell Dome chronicles the dark underbelly of a popular resort town tensely awaiting the return of the tourist season. Two-time winner of the Dashiell Hammett Prize, Guillermo Saccomanno is Argentina's foremost noir writer, crafting incisive, unflinching books that reveal the inequities of contemporary life. Guillermo Saccomanno is the author of numerous novels and story collections, including El buen dolor, winner of the Premio Nacional de Literatura, and 77 and Gesell Dome, both of which won the Dashiell Hammett Prize. He also received Seix Barral's Premio Biblioteca Breve de Novela for El oficinista and the Rodolfo Walsh Prize for nonfiction for Un maestro. Andrea G. Labinger is the translator of more than a dozen works from the Spanish"-- Provided by publisher.
Uniform Title
Cámara Gesell. English
Alternative Title
Cámara Gesell.
Subject
  • City and town life > Fiction
  • FICTION / Literary
  • HISTORY / Latin America / South America
  • FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Child Abuse
  • City and town life
  • Villa Gesell (Buenos Aires, Argentina) > Fiction
  • Argentina > Villa Gesell (Buenos Aires)
Genre/Form
  • Mystery fiction
  • Noir fiction.
  • Fiction
  • Noir fiction
  • Detective and mystery fiction
  • Detective and mystery fiction.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9781940953380
  • 1940953383
LCCN
^^2016005198
OCLC
  • 923554628
  • SCSB-12292436
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library