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Crocodile Tears - by Mercedes Rosende (Paperback)

Crocodile Tears - by  Mercedes Rosende (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Fast, slick and acerbically funny: buckle up and enjoy the ride. Guardian The setting: Montevideo's Old Town, with its dark alleys, crumbling facades and watchful residents. The gig: an armoured truck robbery. The cast: Diego, a failed kidnapper with weak nerves, Ursula Lopez, an amateur criminal with an insatiable appetite, the Hobo, a notorious hoodlum with excessive self-confidence. Dr Antinucci, a shady lawyer with big plans. And finally, Leonilda Lima, a washed-out police inspector with a glimmer of faith in justice.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br></p>Fast, slick and acerbically funny: buckle up and enjoy the ride. <strong> -<em>Guardian</em></strong><strong></strong> </p> </p> It reads like a marvellous mash-up of Anita Brookner and Quentin Tarantino. <strong><em>The Times</em></strong><strong></strong> </p> </p> STARRED REVIEW Rosende smoothly combines dark humor and farce with moving depictions of the grimmer aspects of life. Elmore Leonard fans will look forward to the sequel. <strong><em>Publishers Weekly</em></strong><strong></strong> </p> <p> "Two genres merged seamlessly: the gangster saga and the psycho thriller, all spiced with black humour." -- <strong><em>Sueddeutsche Zeitung.</em></strong><strong><em></em></strong> </p> <p> "A new genre has emerged: the 'never underestimate the women' novel." - <strong><em>Kaliber 38</em></strong><strong><em></em></strong> </p> <p> "Nothing is as it seems in the novel, the good are not so good, and the bad are not so bad; the guilty and innocent do not coincide with the true ones, and in the meantime, the Vivaldi Miserere plays on to atone for all the faults, ours and those of others." -<strong><em>-Granizo</em></strong> <strong></strong> </p> <p> <strong>"</strong> Barrio by barrio, street by street, in the Ciudad Vieja, the port, the Rambla, in the rich and less salubrious areas, a vision of Uruguay less idyllic than what we are usually sold." -- <strong><em>Trappiche</em></strong> </p> <br/><br>

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