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Title: The Informers

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Hardcover, 2009

Synopsis
A Colombian biographer, Gabriel Santoro, publishes a biography ("A Life in Exile") about his family's Jewish friend who fled Nazi Germany to South America. To his shock, the book receives a scathing and condemnatory review from his own father. Switching between the violence of Colombia in the 1980s and the murky politics of the 1940s, THE INFORMERS is a fascinating mystery of a country's troubled history: the post-war period when people's lives were ruined by accusations, sometimes false, that they were Nazi sympathizers. Author Juan Gabriel Vasquez breaks from the magical-realist literary tradition with this taut, factual, and complex inquiry into social morality, the power of language, and buried family secrets.

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Language:        English

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Length:        368 Pages



Industry Reviews
"THE INFORMERS is an impressive examination of how history and memory incite a narcissistic urge to correct the past....Vasquez...[has] a fresh, exciting voice and [this is] an elegantly written debut."
(07/01/2009)
"[A] crushing and beautifully tricky novel....[I]ts intelligence and unsparing tone will hold readers rapt through its many twists and turns." (starred review)
(06/08/2009)
"That we have had to wait so long to read [Vasquez] here is a mystery to me, and a disappointment. But THE INFORMERS not merely makes up for lost time, it raises the hope that his earlier books will in time find their way to this country....It is the best work of literary fiction to come my way since 2005...and into the bargain it is immensely entertaining, with twists and turns of plot that yield great satisfaction."
(08/02/2009)
"Two years ago Mr. Vásquez was included on a list of the most 'important' Latin American writers under 40, nominated by more than 2,000 authors, literary agents, librarians, editors and critics. THE INFORMERS alone justifies their choice, given its challenging subject and psychological depth, but clearly there are bigger and even more intriguing things on the way."
(08/02/2009)


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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is The Informers and it was written by Juan Gabriel Vasquez. This edition of The Informers is in a Paperback format. This books publish date is July 2010 and it has a suggested retail price of $16. There are 368 pages in the book and it was published by Riverhead Books. The 10 digit ISBN is 1594484678 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9781594484674. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.