The Yankees are more astute when it comes to matters like these. They say not guilty . They don't say innocent . Because as far as innocence goes, no one can make that claim. A train crashes in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, leaving forty-three people dead. A prayer card of Saint Expeditus, the patron saint of urgent matters, flutters above the wreckage. Hugo, a criminal on the run for murder, is on the train. He seizes his chance to sneak out of the wreckage unsuspected, abandoning his possessions - and, he hopes, his identity - among bodies mangled beyond recognition. As the police descend on the scene, only grizzled Detective Dominguez sees a link between the crash and his murder case. Soon, he's on Hugo's tail. But he hasn't banked on everything from the media to his mother-in-law getting in the way.
Paula Rodriguez is a journalist, editor, writer, comedian, ghostwriter and feminist activist. She has worked for twenty-five years in magazine print journalism. Urgent Matters is her first novel. Paula lives in Buenos Aires.
Title: Urgent Matters: �An essential read� Agustina Bazterrica, author of TENDER IS THE FLESH
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ISBN: 9781782278139
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Publisher: Pushkin Press
Publication Date: 2022-11-03
Number of Pages: 240
Weight: 0.2551 kg
'With frenetic pace and a hypnotic, disturbing plot, Urgent Matters is an exploration of how facts are constructed and which of them prevail to become realities. In the post-truth era, it is an essential read' - Agustina Bazterrica, author of Tender is the Flesh
'It has all the ingredients of the police procedurals that totally grip you. It's fast-paced, has action, suspense and great characters' - Claudia Pineiro, International Booker-shortlisted author of Elena Knows
'It's a flight forwards, an engine that advances to the very heart of fiction, and it sweeps everything away' - K Ferrari, author of Like Flies From Afar
'One of the pleasant surprises of recent months. [...] Very well structured in a short, very enjoyable read' - El Pais
'With a frenetic pace and a distinctive mix of bitterness and lucidity, this noir novel by Paula Rodriguez is part of the rich Argentine tradition of quality fiction written with the urgency of journalism' - Risbel