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Based on original reports and witness statements, Money to Burn tells the story of a gang of bandits who, fancying themselves as urban guerillas, raided a bank in downtown Buenos Aires. They escaped with millions of dollars in cash but six weeks later found their hideout surrounded by three hundred military police, journalists and TV cameras. The subsequent siege and its shocking outcome have become a Latin American legend. In Money to Burn, the renowned author and journalist Ricardo Piglia has turned myth into thriller. His combination of sharp psychological insight and witty dialogue, shot through with the variant mores of sexual transgression and prison subcultures, created an international bestseller.
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Review:
'A hugely moral account of immoral acts and amoral protagonists...' -- Scotland on Sunday
‘A fast-paced crime story...fans of Dog Day Afternoon will recognise the intensity and claustrophobia of the modern siege drama...’ -- Times Literary Supplement
‘An enthralling adventure in the Argentine underworld’ -- The Big Issue
‘He offers brilliant off-the-cuff comments...and has re-jigged the Argentine literary tradition as urban and anarchic’ -- The Independent
‘One of Argentina’s top writers’ -- Esquire
About the Author:
‘A fast-paced crime story...fans of Dog Day Afternoon will recognise the intensity and claustrophobia of the modern siege drama...’ -- Times Literary Supplement
‘An enthralling adventure in the Argentine underworld’ -- The Big Issue
‘He offers brilliant off-the-cuff comments...and has re-jigged the Argentine literary tradition as urban and anarchic’ -- The Independent
‘One of Argentina’s top writers’ -- Esquire
Ricardo Piglia is Professor of Romance Literatures at Princeton University. Amanda Hopkinson is a Senior Research Fellow at Cardiff University. Her previous translations include Jose Saramago's Voyage to Portugal.
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- PublisherGranta Books
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1862076650
- ISBN 13 9781862076655
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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