Gabriela Alemán, based in Quito, Ecuador, has played professional basketball in Switzerland and Paraguay and has worked as a waitress, administrator, translator, radio scriptwriter, and film studies professor. A truly unforgettable book.' Alejandro Zambra, author of Multiple Choiceĭieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, D ausgeliefert werden.

It's unclassifiableas all great books are.' Samanta Schweblin, author of Fever Dream ' Poso Wells is brilliant, audacious, doubtlessly playful and at the same time so dark and bitter. But what is it, exactly? A satire? A scifi novel? A political detective yarn? Or the purest reality of contemporary Latin America.

Alemán's singular voice keeps the ride fresh and satisfying.' Publishers Weekly ' Poso Wells is ironic, audacious, and fierce. A concoction of political thriller and absurdist literary mystery that never fails to entertain.' Kirkus Reviews 'A wild, successful satire of Ecuadorian politics and supernatural encounters. Praise for Poso Wells: 'The story is a condemnation not only of the corrupt businessmen and the criminal gangs that rule Poso Wells but also of the violence against women that plagues Latin America's real slums.' The New Yorker 'One part Thomas Pynchon, one part Gabriel García Marquez, and one part Raymond Chandler, Alemán's novel contains mystery, horror, humor, absurdity, and political commentary. It turns out that the disappearance of the candidate and those of the women are intimately connected, and not just to a local crime wave, but to a multinational magnate's plan to plunder the country's cloud forest preserve. Bella Altamirano, a fearless local, is on her own crusade to pierce the settlement's code of silence, ignoring repeated death threats. Gustavo Varas, a principled journalist, picks up the trail, which leads him into a violent, lawless underworld.

The sole survivornext in line for the presidencyinexplicably disappears from sight. When the leading presidential candidate comes to town, he and his entourage are electrocuted in a macabre accident witnessed by a throng of astonished spectators. Produktbeschreibung Celebrated Ecuadorian author Gabriela Alemán's first work to appear in English: a noir, feminist eco-thriller in which venally corrupt politicians and greedy land speculators finally get their just comeuppance! 'In the squalid settlement of Poso Wells, women have been regularly disappearing, but the authorities have shown little interest.

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