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"A loathsome and hilarious Argentinian oligarch, innocent of nothing except murder, finds an unidentifiable corpse handcuffed in the trunk of his car, and must find a way to keep out of jail."--
Luis Machi is an Argentinian oligarch who made his fortune collaborating with the worst elements of society. He has a cocaine habit, a collection of three hundred ties, ten million dollars in the bank, and a bloody corpse in the trunk of his BMW. As far as...
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183 pages ; 24 cm.
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Español
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The Argentine literary revelation according to The Wall Street Journal. That by far they look like flies is an explosive black novel that has become a cult phenomenon, for a writing as talented as it is unexpected. Mr. Machi is the perfect reflection of success and contempt. Owner of a small empire in Argentina, he made his fortune under the military dictatorship and then secured it under the first two governments of democracy by marrying a woman...
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