A group of four young people in 1990s Barcelona live extremely intertwined lives until their leader disappears, leading to the efforts of the others to solve the mystery, a mystery that is ultimately left up to the leader to solve.
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A group of four young people in 1990s Barcelona live extremely intertwined lives until their leader disappears, leading to the efforts of the others to solve the mystery, a mystery that is ultimately left up to the leader to solve.
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Add this copy of Never Shake Hands With a Left-Handed Gunman to cart. $14.00, very good condition, Sold by ZENO'S rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by St Martin's Press.
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Good jacket. New York. 1999. February 1999. St Martin's Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0312200846. Translated from the Spanish by Kristina Cordero. 176 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Rodrigo Corral. Jacket photograph by Kathryn Nehra. keywords: Mystery Literature Spain Translated. DESCRIPTION-'Never shake hands with a left-handed gunman' is one of the many truisms offered up in this riveting and thoughtful modern noir adventure. Set in Barcelona, the story concerns four young people and their cabal-like friendship. The group's members trade stories, love, and half-baked plans for starting their own business giving underwater tours of the city harbor. Then their leader, Israel Lacasa, disappears. Enter Benjamin Prado. Like a detective filing a police report, Prado tackles his witnesses one by one. The novel begins just after Israel's disappearance as each remaining member of the group gives the author (who inserts himself as a character in the novel) his 'testimony' of the events leading up to the mysterious night in question. Slowly, the life of Israel Lacasa is revealed. The son of a cruel and demanding father, he is left to sort out his young life when his father dies. Bent on total self-destruction, Israel begins his own nihilistic trip toward a certain but unknowable end. Nevertheless, he is a person who, even in his absence, maintains a powerful, almost eerie, hold on the three disciples he's left behind. Cagey and unreliable, they are unable-or unwilling-to fully reconstruct and solve the mystery, leaving the reader, in the end, to separate truth from imagination and decide the conclusion of their bizarre tale. inventory #26270.
Add this copy of Never Shake Hands With a Left-Handed Gunman Prado, to cart. $15.00, like new condition, Sold by Beck's Books of Sacramento rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from SACRAMENTO, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by St. Martin's Press.
Add this copy of Never Shake Hands With a Left-Handed Gunman to cart. $41.65, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by St. Martin's Press.
