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Maxi, a middle-class, directionless ox of a young man who helps the trash pickers of Buenos Aires's shantytown, attracts the attention of a corrupt, trigger-happy policeman who will use anyone -- including two innocent teenage girls -- to break a drug ring that he believes is operating within the slum. A strange new drug, a brightly lit carousel of a slum, the kindness of strangers, gunplay... no matter how serious the subject matter, and despite Aira's "fascination with urban violence and the sinister underside of Latin American politics" (The Millions), Shantytown, like all of Aira's mesmerizing work, is filled with wonder and mad invention.
ISBN-13

9780811219112

ISBN-10

0811219119

Weight

0.34 Pounds

Dimensions

5.10 x 0.60 x 7.10 In

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$14.95

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

128 pages

Publisher

New Directions

Published On

2013-11-20


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