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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Vásquez, Juan Gabriel, 1973- author.     Subjects     Murder -- Fiction.     Politicians -- Colombia -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Vásquez, Juan Gabriel, 1973- author.       by title:      The shape of the rui...         MARC Display

The shape of the ruins / Juan Gabriel Vasquez ; translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean. by Vásquez, Juan Gabriel, 1973- author. New York : Riverhead Books, 2018. Subjects Murder -- Fiction.   Politicians -- Colombia -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780735211148 (hardcover) : Description:  509 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents:  The man who spoke of inauspicious dates -- Relics of the illustrious dead -- A wounded animal -- Why swell'st thou then? -- The major wound -- The investigation -- Who are they? -- The trial -- The shape of the ruins. Requests:  0 Summary:  "A sweeping tale of conspiracy theories, assassinations, and twisted obsessions -- the much anticipated masterpiece from Juan Gabriel Vasquez. The Shape of the Ruins is a masterly story of conspiracy, political obsession, and literary investigation. A man is arrested at a museum in Colombia for attempting to steal the bullet-ridden suit of an assassin. The incident barely makes the news though the political murder this assassin committed years before set off riots that ushered in a decade of bloody civil war in the country -- "La Violencia"--A time that still echos throughout Colombia. Soon this theft takes on greater meaning as it becomes a thread in a widening web of popular obsessions with conspiracy theories and the truth; and it haunts the people who feel that only they know the real truth behind these killings. This novel explores the darkest moments of a country's past and brings to life the hidden characters who have unknowingly shaped its modern landscape. A compulsive read, beautiful and profound and eerily relevant to our times, The Shape of the Ruins is the tour-de-force story by a master at uncovering the incisive wounds of our political memory"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Copy Status   Hawaii State Library Adult Fiction Vasquez   Checked In Add Copy to MyList North Kohala Public Library Adult Fiction Vasquez   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waimea Public Library (Kauai) Adult Fiction Vasquez World Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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