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The Last Days of El Comandante
Engelsk Paperback
The Last Days of El Comandante
Engelsk Paperback

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Venezuela 2012: The President''s illness casts a shadow over the lives of his citizens - he divides opinion, but life without him is almost unimaginable.

Miguel Sanabria is a retired oncologist, ambivalent towards the President but caught between a virulently anti-Chávez wife and a equally vehement pro-Chávez brother. He is asked by his nephew to hide a mobile phone carrying secret footage that could shed new light on the President''s condition.

His neighbour Fredy has found a fresh angle for a new book about Chávez, but to take advantage he must agree to a "green-card" marriage and leave his girlfriend and their son for two months, even as their landlady plots to repossess their home.

In another apartment live nine-year-old María and her neurotic, near-agoraphobic mother. Taken out of school to be educated at home, María turns to internet chat rooms for company, while her mother''s fears about the city''s endemic violence are proved tragically prescient.

The fates and fortunes of these neighbours will prove inextricably entwined as the hour of the President''s death draws ever closer.

REVIEWS FOR THE SICKNESS

"A great book" Michael Morpurgo

"Powerful themes and powerful writing" Susan Hill

Translated from the Spanish by Rosalind Harvey

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
240
ISBN-13:
9780857056115
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0857056115
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
8 aug 2019
Længde:
24mm
Bredde:
210mm
Højde:
142mm
Forlag:
Quercus Publishing
Oplagsdato:
8 aug 2019
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge