by Jorge Ibargüengoitia · RBA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498676969
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«Dos crímenes» is the crime novel by Jorge Ibargüengoitia, published by RBA in paperback (208 pages, in Spanish).
Marcos flees the police due to his political activism and takes refuge at his wealthy uncle's house. There he weaves lies to hide his past, while the passions and ambitions of relatives and friends lead to two crimes. The novel combines crime narrative with tragicomedy and black humour.
2010 edition in the Otros Ficción collection (no. 373); the work was originally published in 1979.
For readers of Latin American literature and of suspense novels with black humour.
Jorge Ibargüengoitia Antillón was a Mexican novelist and playwright who achieved great popular and critical success with his satires, three of which have appeared in English: The Dead Girls, Two Crimes, and The Lightning of August. His plays include Susana y los Jóvenes and Ante varias esfinges, both dating from the 1950s. His work also includes short stories and chronicles. He is considered one of the most influential writers in Latin American literature.
