Guillermo Orsi

One former Miss Bolivia. Two missing Colombian drug dealers. Three wealthy tourists taken hostage. A passenger liner runs aground on the muddy banks of the Rio del Plata. One by one, its passengers are abducted by the city's criminal classes.As the kidnapping of three wealthy European couples sends stock markets yo-yoing, the job of solving the chaos falls on the weary shoulders of the last honest men in town--Deputy Inspector Walter Carroza of the serious-crime squad. But the one thing on his mind is former Miss Bolivia, Ana Torrente, "a cherub with tropical lips and tits." Why is it that the bodies of the men who try to take her to bed are always found minus a head? Devilishly ironic and shirt-soakingly atmospheric, Holy City confirms Orsi as the master chronicler of Buenos Aires' murderous underworld.

Holy City

Sebastián Mareco se entera por televisión de que en un vecindario de mala muerte han asesinado a un viejo amigo, el Chivo Robirosa. El Chivo había sido un gran jugador de rugby y había compartido con lo más alto de la sociedad argentina, sin embargo, ha acabado muriendo asesinado como un perro en una inmunda habitación subalquilada Por su vida circularon todo tipo de personajes, desde los que lo amaron hasta los que se aprovecharon de cada uno de sus gestos. Su amigo Sebastián, un taxista divorciado desencantado de la vida, recibe de su amigo muerto una carta escrita poco antes de su asesinato y decide investigar. Y a pesar de que la investigación va volviéndose cada vez más peligrosa, Mareco sigue adelante porque, en el fondo, para él es una forma de huir de la desesperanza y de enfrentarse al fin a sus propios fantasmas.

Sueños de perro

Jorge Consiglio

Ernesto Mallo

Leonardo Killian

Lucía Puenzo

Daniel Guebel

Eduardo Berti

María Rosa Lojo

Vicente Battista

Fernando Figueras

Mariano Abrevaya Dios

Lucio Iudicello

José maría Gatti

Tercer tomo de la antología de cuentos de escritores argentinos contemporáneos para la Asociación Civil La Poderosa Integración por la Educación Popular. Intervienen en este volumen: Vicente Battista (La traición de Sandokán), Guillermo Orsi (Placeres de oficinista), Ernesto Mallo (Diablo), Daniel Guebel (Los padres de Scherezade), Eduardo Berti (El narrador), María Rosa Lojo (Los efímeros), Lucía Puenzo (Cohíba), Jorge Consiglio (Embarrados), Leonardo Killian (Los anónimos), Fernando Figueras (Gallo), Mariano Abrevaya Dios (Retorcijones), Lucio Iudicello (Malditos Reyes Magos) y José María Gatti (Yo maté a Stieg Larsson). Antólogos; Valeria Sorín y Daniel Sorín.

Antología de cuentos

Palabras para La Poderosa 3

This gripping detective thriller set in a fascinating but corrupt country has all the drama, passion and tenderness of the Argentinian tango. It is December 2001, and Argentina is in economic meltdown. While the country wallows in corruption, cynicism and indifference, Gotan, an ex-cop from the Federal Police, lives in the past. He cannot forget the beguiling woman who briefly set alight his life--she disappeared as soon as he revealed he had worked for the "National Shame." Gotan is called urgently late one night to a friend's coastal retreat. He arrives too late: his friend is dead and his girlfriend has vanished. Using all his resources to find the girl, Gotan finds himself embroiled in a plot that goes to the heart of Argentina itself. Though no longer part of the force, Gotan is still a cop by nature. But his is a dangerous undertaking: after all, no one loves a policeman.

No One Loves a Policeman

A passenger liner runs aground on the muddy banks of the Río de la Plata. One by one, its passengers are abducted by Buenos Aires' criminal classes. As the kidnapping of three foreign businessmen sends stock markets into freefall, the job of solving the chaos falls onto the weary shoulders of Deputy Inspector Walter Carroza of the serious-crime squad. But top of his agenda is former Miss Bolivia Ana Torrente. Why are the bodies of the men who try to take her to bed always found minus a head?

Nick Shepherd

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