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Nicaragua, estate 1985. Il paese centroamericano è in ginocchio per la guerra civile dei contras, la perdita di consensi della rivoluzione sandinista e il caldo insopportabile. Frank Little, tassista irlandese di mezza età, si trova lì per cercare di vedere il corpo del figlio Johnny, morto in circostanze misteriose. A bordo di un camper scalcinato, insieme all’ex moglie Eleanor e con l’aiuto dei Desperados de Amor, la band di cui Johnny faceva parte, Frank scopre le contraddizioni del paese e ripercorre la sua tormentata storia personale. Ma del cadavere ancora nessuna traccia. Creatore di personaggi di irrepetibile umanità, Joseph O’Connor racconta una storia autentica e dolorosa, svelando con maestria e pudore la volontà di vivere di uno sconfitto.
- ISBN: 8823510880
- Casa Editrice: Guanda
- Pagine: 560
- Data di uscita: 09-10-2014
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This tale started off quite good,and got better as it went on. The description of Managua,Corinto and many other parts of Nicaragua were very well writen and gave you the 'feel' of those places.I was however distracted by the very 'irish' and 'catholic' way the author thinks, talks and writes. Altho Leggi tutto
Aspiring novelists should read the works of Joseph O’Connor. He knows exactly how to pace a story and how to keep you up late into the night hooked on it. This is a rare and precious gift. By the time he wrote Desperadoes O’Connor was still refining his technique, but his talent was there for all to Leggi tutto
I read this way back in 1994, nice story of a Irish family going through turmoil with a wayward son. Some comic parts and well worth a read.
I read this many years ago and was just thinking of it today. Great story with dual timelines. Frank and Eleanor are thrown together, years after a bitter divorce, to travel from Dublin to Nicaragua to retrieve their son's body. The story flips back and forth, following the arc of their relationship Leggi tutto
This is the third Joseph O'Connor book I have read and I found it the most absorbing , he writes about the characters in the book very well and you real get a feel for living in Nicaragua at that time and also how normal life goes on . You may need a Spanish phrasebook a times but it all adds to the Leggi tutto
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