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Sweet Money, By: Ernesto Mallo

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

SWEET MONEY (2011) is the sequel to NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK (2010) written by Ernesto Mallo and translated by Katherine Silver. The story continues to follow the world-weary hero, Superintendent Perro Lascano in Buenos Aires after the fall of the … Continue reading →

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Needle in a Haystack, By: Ernesto Mallo

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

Playwright and now novelist, Ernesto Mallo’s first book, NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK (2010) is the first in a trilogy, translated by Jethro Soutar. The novel is set in Buenos Aires during the late 1970′s dictatorship. The prose style is spare, … Continue reading →

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