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The Hand That Feeds You
Series: Ursula Lopez series
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The Hand That Feeds You
The robbery of the armoured car in Montevideo fails miserably. A lucky break for the intrepid Ursula who manages to snatch all the loot. Only now, the wannabe robbers are hot on her heels. As is the police. And Ursula's sister. But Ursula is a criminal virtuoso, and given the hilarious ineptitude of those in pursuit, she might just pull it off.
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The attempted robbery of the armoured car in the back streets of Montevideo is a miserable failure. A lucky break for the intrepid Ursula Lopez, who manages to snatch all the loot, more hindered than helped by her faint-hearted and reluctant companion, Diego.
Only now, the wannabe robbers are hot on her heels. As is the police. And Ursula's sister. But Ursula turns out to be enormously talented when it comes to criminal undertakings, and given the hilarious ineptitude of those in pursuit, she might just pull it off.
She is an irresistible heroine. A murderess with a sense of humour, a lovable criminal with an edge, and she is practically invisible to the men who dominate the deeply macho society of Uruguay.
Praise for Crocodile Tears:
'Fast, slick and acerbically funny: buckle up and enjoy the ride.' - Guardian
'Rosende smoothly combines dark humor and farce with moving depictions of the grimmer aspects of life. Elmore Leonard fans will look forward to the sequel.' - Publishers Weekly
Series: Ursula Lopez series
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The Hand That Feeds You by Mercedes Rosende, a sequel to 2021's Crocodile Tears, is praised for its dark humour and engaging narrative. While juggling various amoral characters' perspectives, Rosende paints a complex picture of social and political tensions in Montevideo. The infectious characters and playfully woven storyline are likely to attract new fans to the author.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781913394745
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 16 March 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bitter Lemon Press
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Mercedes Rosende was born in 1958 in Montevideo, Uruguay. She is a lawyer and a journalist when not writing fiction. She has won many prizes for her novels and short stories. In 2005 she won the Premio Municipal de Narrativa fr Demasiados Blues, in 2008 the National Literature Prize for La Muerte Tendr tus Ojos and in 2019 the LiBeraturpreis in Germany for Crocodile Tears.
Tim Gutteridge is a Scottish literary translator based in Edinburgh. He works from Spanish and Catalan into English. His translation of Potos (Ander Izagirre) won a PEN Translates Award and was published by Zed Books as The Mountain that Eats Men.
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