{"product_id":"needle-in-a-haystack-paperback","title":"Needle in a Haystack - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErnesto Mallo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJethro Soutar\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not simply a triumph of style; it is both a reflection on a time of bloodshed and a raw vision of human misery.--Guillermo Saccomanno, winner of the Argentine National Literature Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis man knows. He knows about guns, knows about women, knows about dead bodies. . . . But above all he knows how to narrate.--Ana Mar a Shua, author of \u003ci\u003eEl peso de la tentaci n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuperintendent Lascano is a detective working under the shadow of military rule in Buenos Aires in the late 1970s. Sent to investigate a double murder, he arrives at the crime scene to find three bodies. Two are clearly the work of the Junta's death squads, murders he is forced to ignore; the other one seems different.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trail leads Lascano through a decadent Argentina, a country poisoned to its core by the tyranny of the regime. The third corpse turns out to be that of Biterman, moneylender and Auschwitz survivor. When Lascano digs too deep, he must confront Giribaldi, an army major, quick to help old friends but ruthless in dealing with dissenters such as Eva, the young militant with whom Lascano is falling in love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1948, \u003cb\u003eErnesto Mallo\u003c\/b\u003e is a published essayist, newspaper columnist, screenwriter, and playwright. He is a former anti-Junta militant who was pursued by the dictatorship. \u003ci\u003eNeedle in a Hay Stack\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel and the first in a trilogy with superintendent Lascano. The first two are being made into films.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eErnesto Mallo: Born in 1948, Mallo is a published essayist, newspaper columnist, and playwright. He is a former militant, pursued by the dictatorship as a member of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias, which was later absorbed by the Montoneros guerilla movement. Needle in a Haystack is his first novel and the first in a trilogy with detective Lascano. The first two are being made into films in Argentina. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJethro Soutar: Jethro Soutar, born in Sheffield, lives in London and has recently published two works of non-fiction, 'Ronaldinho: Football's Flamboyant Maestro' and a part biography, part chronicle of a film movement, entitled 'Gael García Bernal and the Latin American New Wave', published in July 2008. This is his first translation of fiction \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 190\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.78 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 17, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700608602175,"sku":"9781904738565","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/98efb62c1abf9a4f6247e2c1e1229656.webp?v=1765017435","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/needle-in-a-haystack-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}