American Visa : A Novel.
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[Place of publication not identified] : Akashic, [2007].
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1 online resource (265 pages)
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American Visa is beautifully written, atmospheric, and stylish in the manner of Chandler ... a smart, exotic crime fiction offering. George Pelecanos, award-winning author/producer of The Wire Armed with fake papers, a handful of gold nuggets, and a snazzy custom-made suit, an unemployed schoolteacher with a singular passion for detective fiction sets out from small-town Bolivia on a desperate quest for an American visa, his best hope for escaping his painful past and reuniting with his grown son in Miami. Mario Alvarez s dream of emigration takes a tragicomic twist on the rough streets of La Paz, Bolivia s seat of government. Alvarez embarks on a series of Kafkaesque adventures, crossing paths with a colorful cast of hustlers, social outcasts, and crooked politicians and initiating a romance with a straight-shooting prostitute named Blanca. Spurred on by his detective fantasies and his own tribulations, he hatches a plan to rob a wealthy gold dealer, a decision that draws him into a web of high-society corruption but also brings him closer than ever to obtaining his ticket to paradise. A stunning literary achievement. It is insightful and poignant, a book every thoughtful American should read, and once read, read again. William Heffernan, international bestselling author of The Corsican This is a thriller with a social conscience, a contemporary noir with lots of humor and flair. The streets of La Paz have never looked so alive. This is one of the best Latin American novels of the last fifteen years. Edmundo Paz-Sold n, author of Turing s Delirium.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Recacoechea, J. d., & Althoff, A. (2007). American Visa: A Novel . Akashic.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Recacoechea, Juan de, 1936- and Adrian. Althoff. 2007. American Visa: A Novel. Akashic.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Recacoechea, Juan de, 1936- and Adrian. Althoff. American Visa: A Novel Akashic, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Recacoechea, Juan de, and Adrian Althoff. American Visa: A Novel Akashic, 2007.
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