24 Hours with Gaspar
Sabda Armandio
(Author)
Lara Norgaard
(Translator)
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Description
A breathtakingly imaginative futuristic crime thriller. Decades into the future, Indonesia's crowded capital city is underwater. A mysterious novelist searches what remains of the metropolis for the story of an old, infamous crime. He combs the streets for traces of Gaspar: private-eye-cum-criminal-mastermind who plotted a seemingly simple robbery of a jewelry store. Far from just unlocking riches, however, the heist unearths a series of interlinking conflicts that have haunted Gaspar since childhood. In this brilliant twist of genres, this book combines noir with a laugh-out-loud detective and touches of surreal science fiction. The book's eclectic blend of allusions and narrative strategies opens new horizons for literary crime fiction while also painting a fresh, postmodern portrait of Jakarta. In a city webbed by roadways and canals, personal vendettas trace back to political crimes and social ills. First impressions can't be trusted, meta-literary motorbikes possess free will, and a senile witness might be a police detective's best bet at finding the true whodunnit--if we are to believe that a single truth exists at all. It is a chess game in which your knight no longer moves in the shape of an L, and Gaspar intends to win. Product Details
Price
$24.50
$22.79
Publisher
Seagull Books
Publish Date
May 06, 2023
Pages
184
Dimensions
6.3 X 9.13 X 0.79 inches | 0.9 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781803092041
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Sabda Armandio is an Indonesian novelist and short story writer. He is the author of Kamu and Dekat dan Nyaring.Lara Norgaard is an essayist and translator of Indonesian, Brazilian, and Latin American fiction.