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213 pages, Paperback
First published January 2, 1985

”Laura Restrepo breathes life into a singular amalgam of journalistic investigation and literary creation. Thus the wretchedness and violence that nest in the heart of Columbian society are always present; but also there are her fascination with popular culture and the play of her impeccable humor, of that biting but at the same time tender irony that saves her novels from any temptation toward pathos or melodrama, and infuses them with unmistakable reading pleasure.”