Contributions

  • Wynne, Frank, translator - Contributor

Publication

2012 - Vintage, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

61,500 words, Guess

Page Count

246 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC863.7
  • LCCPQ7798.424.E77 S5413 2012
  • LCCPQ6714

Description

Set in Buenos Aires at the time of Argentina's financial crash, and seen through the eyes of twenty-year-old Gringo, it tells the story of two boys on the cusp of adulthood who have no choice but to join the gang warfare that rules their community. At least, Gringo's friend Chueco thinks they have no choice. He's determined to prove himself hard enough to get into El Jetita's gang, but smart enough to remain his own man. Gringo is more intelligent. He knows that gangs don't work like that: you obey the leader or else. As the two get drawn ever deeper into a pitched battle between El Jetita and his rival Charly over control of the barrio's drugs and prostitution, Gringo sees a life of love and loss pass before his eyes.

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