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      Shantytown

      by Cesar Aira
      Published
      Nov 2013
      Main Genre
      Literary Literary
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      128
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      At last, a noir novel from the Argentine master of suspense and surprises

      Maxi, a middle-class, directionless ox of a young man who helps the trash pickers of Buenos Aires's shantytown, attracts the attention of a corrupt, trigger-happy policeman who will use anyone — including two innocent teenage girls — to break a drug ring that he believes is operating within the slum. A strange new drug, a brightly lit carousel of a slum, the kindness of strangers, gunplay... no matter how serious the subject matter, and despite Aira's "fascination with urban violence and the sinister underside of Latin American politics" (The Millions), Shantytown, like all of Aira's mesmerizing work, is filled with wonder and mad invention.

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      Hard-Boiled Literary

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      First Edition Nov 2013 New Directions Publishing Corporation ISBN13 9780811219112 ISBN10 0811219119
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      Nov 2013 New Directions Publishing Corporation ISBN13 9780811221580 ISBN10 081122158X
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      Nov 2013 New Directions ISBN10 B00CZEAGB2
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