by Silvia Moreno-Garcia · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781529417982
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«Velvet Was the Night» is the crime novel by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, published by Quercus in paperback (384 pages, in English).
In 1970s Mexico, Maite, a secretary who escapes into romantic comics, searches for her neighbour Leonora, a missing art student. Elvis, a thug who hates violence and loves rock, is also looking for her. Their paths cross amid activists, government agents and secrets that put them in danger.
The work was nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and Canada Reads; the first edition of «Velvet Was the Night» appeared in 2021.
For readers of historical crime fiction and for those who know Silvia Moreno-Garcia from Mexican Gothic.
Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a Mexican-Canadian novelist, short story writer, editor, and publisher.
