Genre: Crime
Fiction
Description:
“A portrait of small-time crooks and immigrant gangs in Argentina's
capital... Lucas is a humble watch-seller moonlighting for a gang of armed
robbers. He wants to go straight but instead becomes more entangled when he
joins gang leader Gustavo in extortion work for the triads.”
Author:
“F.E. Beyer writes about dead-end jobs, travel, history and crime. He
is the author of two books: Buenos Aires Triad, a tale of low-end
criminals in Argentina's capital, and Smoko, a comic novel set in New
Zealand. His articles and reviews have appeared in the South China Morning
Post, Los Angeles Review of Books, Inside Indonesia, and Travelogues
Magazine.”
Appraisal:
I’m no expert on Argentina where this takes place, so I can’t gauge
how realistic it might be, but I had no problem getting into and believing the
premise of the story. Lucas, the protagonist, is having a hard time getting by
and so gets drawn into doing some questionable things. Once he starts, he finds
it hard to get out. How it will end for Lucas is a mystery right up until the
very end of this novella. It kept be engaged and guessing right up to the last
page.
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FYI:
A small amount of adult language. At least some of the time uses UK
spelling conventions.
Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues.
Rating: ****
Four Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 30-35,000 words
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