Crocodile Tears

The setting: Montevideo's crumbling Old Town. The gig: an armoured truck robbery. The cast: Diego, a failed kidnapper, Ursula Lopez, an amateur criminal with an insatiable appetite, El Roto, a notorious but inept hoodlum. Dr Antinucci, a shady lawyer with big plans. And finally, Leonilda Lima, a washed-out police inspector.

Info autore

Mercedes Rosende was born in 1958 in Montevideo, Uruguay. She is a lawyer and a journalist when not writing fiction. She has won many prizes for her novels and short stories. In 2005 she won the Premio Municipal de Narrativa für 'Demasiados Blues', in 2008 the National Literature Prize for 'La Muerte Tendrá tus Ojos' and in 2019 the LiBeraturpreis in Germany for 'Crocodile Tears'. She lives in Montevideo.

Riassunto

The setting: Montevideo’s crumbling Old Town. The gig: an armoured truck robbery. The cast: Diego, a failed kidnapper, Ursula Lopez, an amateur criminal with an insatiable appetite, El Roto, a notorious but inept hoodlum. Dr Antinucci, a shady lawyer with big plans. And finally, Leonilda Lima, a washed-out police inspector.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mercedes Rosende, Mercedes Rosende, ROSENDE MERCEDES
• Con la collaborazione di: Tim Gitteridge (Traduzione), Gitteridge Tim (Traduzione), Tim Gutteridge (Traduzione)
• Editore: Bitter Lemon Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781913394431
• ISBN: 978-1-913394-43-1
• Pagine: 248
• Categorie: Narrativa > Gialli; Thriller / Spannung, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Thrillers / General, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, Crime & mystery, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / International Mystery & Crime, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, Fiction - Mystery / Detective, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Crime and mystery fiction