Tango for a Torturer

Bush, Peter; Chavarría, Daniel

ISBN 10: 1933354194 / ISBN 13: 9781933354194

Edité par Akashic Books, Ltd., 2007

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• Titre: Tango for a Torturer
• Éditeur: Akashic Books, Ltd.
• Date de parution: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1933354194
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781933354194
• Reliure: Soft cover
• État de l'article: As New
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Mystery

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Synopsis

"Daniel Chavarría has long been recognized as one of Latin America's finest writers . . ." --Edgar Award-winning author William Heffernan

Aldo Bianchi, a former Argentine revolutionary now living in Italy, travels to Havana, where he meets the beautiful Bini, a sultry student working the hotels with great charm and panache. Bianchi soon discovers via his liaison with Bini that his nemesis, the Uruguayan military torturer Alberto Rios, is living under a false identity in Cuba. Putting his tropical holiday on hold, Bianchi goes on the hunt for his sadistic enemy.

Daniel Chavarría portrays the sensuousness and skullduggery of contemporary Havana, a city that offers erotic thrills to pleasure-seeking tourists, even as it hides villains in its humid embrace. While Rios thrives on bribery and corruption, Bianchi is driven by a desire to see justice done. Tango for a Torturer is a sexy and political thriller chock-full of bawdy humor and chilling evocations of the evils wrought by Latin American military dictatorships.

À propos de l?auteur

DANIEL CHAVARRÍA (1933-2018) was a Uruguayan writer with two passions: classical literature and prostitutes. For years he was a professor of Latin, Greek, and classical literature, devoting much of his time and energy to researching the origins and evolution of prostitution. He has won numerous literary awards around the world, including the 1992 Dashiell Hammett Award and the 2001 Edgar Allan Poe Award. His novels include Adios Muchachos, The Eye of Cybele, and Tango for a Torturer.