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Paperback. Condizione: New. Ambition, corruption, and murder in 1960s Mexico: the shocking novel behind Netflix's hit series.'A startlingly good book by an author of genuine, exciting originality' - Salman RushdieWith an introduction by Colm TóibínThe Baladro sisters have built a thriving empire of pleasure as brothel owners in a provincial town. But when fortunes change, life in the brothel turns ugly, and slowly, girls start disappearing . . .Based on the true story of the infamous González sisters - serial killers whose crimes shocked the world in 1964 - The Dead Girls is a deliciously dark blend of thriller, true crime, and biting satire. Written with the cold detachment of a police report, it reveals the potent blend of sex and mayhem that allowed the sisters to flourish.Wickedly funny and profoundly unsettling, The Dead Girls by Jorge Ibargüengoitia is an unflinching portrait of ambition, power, and depravity - now a major Netflix series.

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Paperback. Condizione: New. Ambition, corruption, and murder in 1960s Mexico: the shocking novel behind Netflix's hit series.'A startlingly good book by an author of genuine, exciting originality' - Salman RushdieWith an introduction by Colm TóibínThe Baladro sisters have built a thriving empire of pleasure as brothel owners in a provincial town. But when fortunes change, life in the brothel turns ugly, and slowly, girls start disappearing . . .Based on the true story of the infamous González sisters - serial killers whose crimes shocked the world in 1964 - The Dead Girls is a deliciously dark blend of thriller, true crime, and biting satire. Written with the cold detachment of a police report, it reveals the potent blend of sex and mayhem that allowed the sisters to flourish.Wickedly funny and profoundly unsettling, The Dead Girls by Jorge Ibargüengoitia is an unflinching portrait of ambition, power, and depravity - now a major Netflix series.

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Ganadora del Premio de novela Casa de las Americas en 1964. Los relampagos de agosto es un clasico imprescindible. Las divertidas desventuras que envuelven la vida y obra del general Arroyo, sirven para narrar el desastroso nacimiento de la democracia en un pais asolado por la injusticia, el abuso de poder y la traicion. Sin pena ni gloria, recluido en su cuarto con lapiz en mano, el singular protagonista de esta novela escribe sus memorias, dando cuenta sin tapujos de los episodios mas inverosimiles y vergonzosos de su participacion en la lucha revolucionaria. Con su agil y mordaz prosa, Jorge Ibargueengoitia obliga a repensar en esta esplendida novela la historia y el malogrado fin de las utopias politicas que animaron el siglo XX.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONWinner of the Casa de las Americas Novel Prize in 1964. Los relampagos de agosto is an essential classic.The amusing misadventures surrounding the life and work of General Arroyo serve to narrate the disastrous birth of democracy in a country ravaged by injustice, abuse of power, and betrayal. Without fanfare, confined to his room with pencil in hand, the unique protagonist of this novel writes his memoirs, candidly recounting the most unbelievable and shameful episodes of his participation in the revolutionary struggle. With his agile and biting prose, Jorge Ibargueengoitia compels readers to rethink the history and the ill-fated end of the political utopias that animated the 20th century in this splendid novel. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. With an introduction by award-winning novelist Colm ToibinIn 1960s Central Mexico, two sisters, Delfina and Maria de Jesus Gonzalez, known as 'Las Poquianchis', run a small-town brothel. Kidnapped, drugged and beaten, their young workers are desperate for escape.The Dead Girls is the discovery of these young women, buried in the back yard. In the laconic tones of a police report, Jorge Ibargueengoitia investigates these horrific murders and their motives.A black comedy, both moving and cruelly funny, Ibargueengoitia's work is a potent and entertaining blend of sex and mayhem. Inspired by true events, The Dead Girls is the story of the unexplained deaths of six young prostitutes, buried in the back yard of a small-town brothel. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. El escritor imprescindible de la literatura mexicana contemporanea.Un hombre inocente es buscado por la policia. Decide ocultarse en un lugar apartado mientras pasa el peligro, pero no tiene dinero. Para conseguirlo viaja a una ciudad de provincia y llega a la casa de su tio, que es el hombre mas rico de la region.En los dias que siguen, es perseguido, a pesar de su inocencia, teje, con las mentiras que cuenta, las pasiones que provoca, sus propias pasiones y las ambiciones de sus parientes, un enredo del que van a resultar dos crimenes.Tragicomica narracion policial de las mezquindades humanas, Dos crimenes es una magnifica muestra de la potencia narrativa de Jorge Ibargueengoitia, autor imprescindible de las letras hispanoamericanas.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONThe essential writer of contemporary Mexican literature.An innocent man is wanted by the police. He decides to hide in a remote place until the danger passes, but he has no money. To get some, he travels to a provincial city and arrives at his uncle's house, the richest man in the region.In the following days, despite his innocence, he is pursued. With the lies he tells, the passions he provokes, his own desires, and the ambitions of his relatives, he weaves a web that will result in two crimes.A tragicomic police narrative of human pettiness, Two Crimes is a magnificent showcase of the narrative power of Jorge Ibargueengoitia, an essential author in Hispanic American literature. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Las muertas, la novela que inspiro la nueva serie original de Netflix dirigida por Luis Estrada, revive con humor negro y critica mordaz uno de los casos criminales mas escalofriantes de Mexico. Junto con tres hombres, una mujer llega a un pueblo buscando venganza por una vieja afrenta. Una vez que dan con el objetivo --Simon, el panadero--, lo balacean e incendian su local. El panadero sobrevive al ataque e identifica mas tarde ante el Ministerio Publico a Serafina Baladro, su antigua amante. Ambos son acusados de haber llevado a cabo una inhumacion clandestina, pero las investigaciones del crimen revelan los oscuros secretos de Serafina y su hermana Arcangela, duenas de cantinas y prostibulos, asi como su siniestra relacion con una serie de estafas, trata de mujeres, fosas y asesinatos. Obra maestra de la literatura iberoamericana, en Las muertas, Jorge Ibargueengoitia lleva al terreno de la ficcion un espantoso caso veridico, el de las Poquianchis. Una muestra insuperable de la capacidad del autor para retratar con humor negro e ironia las capas mas oscuras de la realidad. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The Dead Girls, the novel that inspired the new Netflix original series directed by Luis Estrada, revives with dark humor and biting satire one of Mexico's most chilling criminal cases. Accompanied by three men, a woman arrives in a town seeking revenge for an old grievance. Once they find their target--Simon, the baker--they shoot him and set his shop on fire. The baker survives and later identifies Serafina Baladro, his former lover, to the authorities. Both are accused of carrying out a clandestine burial, but the investigation uncovers the dark secrets of Serafina and her sister Arcangela, owners of bars and brothels, and their sinister ties to fraud, human trafficking, mass graves, and murder. A masterpiece of Latin American literature, in The Dead Girls, Jorge Ibargueengoitia fictionalizes the horrifying true story of Las Poquianchis. A brilliant example of the author's ability to portray the darkest layers of reality with irony and black humor. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Estas ruinas que ves, novela ganadora del Premio Internacional de Novela Mexico 1974.El narrador de esta novela regresa a dar clases en la universidad de su natal Cuevano despues de muchos anos de haber vivido en la capital. Su relato, entre la nostalgia y la ironia, es la evocacion de un intelectual de pueblo, con sus fiestas y dias de campo, los pleitos de cantina y la relacion con inquietantes mujeres. Estas ruinas que ves es una magnifica muestra de la capacidad de Jorge Ibargueengoitia para retratar la vida cotidiana con una claridad unica.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONEstas ruinas que ves, winner of the 1974 Mexico International Novel Prize.The narrator of this novel returns to teach at the university in his hometown of Cuevano after many years of living in the capital. His story, filled with nostalgia and irony, evokes the life of a "small-town intellectual," with its parties and picnics, bar fights, and relationships with intriguing women. Estas ruinas que ves is a magnificent showcase of Jorge Ibargueengoitia's ability to portray everyday life with unique clarity. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. El escritor imprescindible para entender el Mexico contemporaneo.Acompanada de tres hombres, una mujer llega a un pueblo en busca del panadero para cobrar venganza. Cuando lo encuentra, lo balacea y le prende fuego al lugar. Las investigaciones del crimen revelaran los oscuros secretos de las conocidas hermanas Baladro, duenas de cantinas y prostibulos.Estafas, trata de mujeres, entierros clandestinos y asesinatos conforman el siniestro reino que las dos mujeres, Serafina y Arcangela, han construido a su alrededor.Las muertas es la extraordinaria ficcion de un caso real, el de las Poquianchis, y una muestra inigualable de la capacidad de Jorge Ibargueengoitia para retratar con humor la vida por el lado que mas duele. ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONThe essential writer to understand contemporary Mexico.Accompanied by three men, a woman arrives in a town seeking revenge on the baker. When she finds him, she shoots him and sets the place on fire. The crime investigations will reveal the dark secrets of the well-known Baladro sisters, owners of bars and brothels.Fraud, human trafficking, clandestine burials, and murders make up the sinister kingdom that the two women, Serafina and Arcangela, have built around them.Las muertas is the extraordinary fiction of a real case, that of the Poquianchis, and an unparalleled example of Jorge Ibargueengoitia's ability to portray life with humor from the side that hurts the most. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. La Biblioteca Jorge Ibargueengoitia reune la obra narrativa, ensayistica, dramaturgica y periodistica del autor que supo darle un matiz tragicomico a nuestro lado mas mezquino. En Dos crimenes compone un policial magnifico y desternillante. Tras un malentendido en una fiesta, un hombre inocente es buscado por la policia y, mientras pasa el peligro, decide ocultarse en un lugar apartado. Como no tiene dinero, se refugia en una ciudad de provincia donde vive su tio, el hombre mas prospero de toda la region. Al llegar a su casa, se enreda en la marana de mentiras que ha urdido para ocultar su pasado y en las pasiones desatadas a su alrededor, que, sumadas a las ambiciones de parientes y amigos del tio, culminaran en dos crimenes. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The Jorge Ibargueengoitia Library brings together the author's narrative, essays, plays, and journalism, all marked by his unique tragicomic touch on the most selfish sides of human nature. In Dos crimenes, he crafts a brilliant and hilarious crime novel. After a misunderstanding at a party, an innocent man is pursued by the police and, while the danger passes, he decides to hide in a remote place. With no money, he takes refuge in a provincial town where his uncle--the wealthiest man in the region--lives. Upon arriving at his uncle's house, he becomes entangled in the web of lies he has spun to conceal his past and in the unleashed passions around him, which, combined with the ambitions of relatives and his uncle's friends, will culminate in two crimes. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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