Here are some of the latest books i have got or been sent –
Santa Evita and The Tango Singer by Tomas Eloy Martinez ,now been wanting to read Martinez for a while ,the tango singer his last book follows one man’s journey through Buenos Aires in search of a famous tango singer that has never been recorded this leads to numerous interesting encounters en – route i got this in Sheffield on friday then today saturday was at book sale and got Santa Evita a telling of Eva Peron story I m hoping this is less saccharin than the musical and I get to find out more about this famous woman .
Dirty Havana Trilogy by Pablo Juan Gutierrez set in Havana’s consider a dirty realism classic in this book we experience the underbelly of this city it vices ,sex and drugs .
The land of Ulro by Czeslaw Milosz ,Milosz won the nobel in 1980 this is a prose piece about Poland and Lithuania the instytut ksiazki describes it as a intellectual and literary autobiography .this was a book sale bargain
Death in Bordeaux by Alain Massie ,this is from Quartet ,the first of a trilogy we join inspector Lannes in the second world war Bordeaux france in the grips of the Vichy regime a homosexual man is found dead ,then another Lannes has to tread carefully to find the killer
All look promising but would especially like to read The Tango Singer and the Milosz which I have been promising myself for years I would get to.
It does look very good ,been meaning to get Martinez for a while ,Milosz had been on my radar for a bit too like central european prose very interesting usually ,I loved fado early this year ,all the best stu
Totally blanked it when I commented before but the Martinez is the September pick for our non-structured book group. Last Friday of the month. Would love to have you join us.
yes I ll join you probably sept by time i get to it lol ,all the best stu
Stu, it would be great to have you around for Santa Evita in September! I have also gotten that exact same copy you have.
nice cover ,be happy to be around claire ,all the best stu
All are new to me – I look forward to hearing more about them.
thanks ana ,stu
What a great collection of books! I can’t wait to hear more about all of them. Also, I love your new site layout!
thanks amy even if i say so i think it looks really good pleased with it now ,all the best stu