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"Unleashing a wave of petty crime on 1920s Buenos Aires, stealing books and light bulbs from liibraries and dreaming of show-stopping murders, Silvio Astier and his gang embody the disaffection of youth....
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and bleak.
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- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Roberto Arlt, Michele Aynesworth
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 171
- Publisher
- Duke University Press, Hesperus Press
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780822383338
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