Life after crime from the International Booker-shortlisted author of Elena Knows Fifteen years after killing her husband's lover, In???s is fresh out of prison and trying to put together a new life. Her old friend Manca is out now too, and they've started a business - FFF, or Females, Fumigation, and Flies - dedicated to pest control and private investigation, by women, for women. But Se???ora Bonar, one of their clients, wants In???s to do more than kill bugs - she wants her expertise, and her criminal past, to help ...
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Life after crime from the International Booker-shortlisted author of Elena Knows Fifteen years after killing her husband's lover, In???s is fresh out of prison and trying to put together a new life. Her old friend Manca is out now too, and they've started a business - FFF, or Females, Fumigation, and Flies - dedicated to pest control and private investigation, by women, for women. But Se???ora Bonar, one of their clients, wants In???s to do more than kill bugs - she wants her expertise, and her criminal past, to help her kill her husband's lover, too. Crimes against women versus crimes by women; culpability, fallibility, and our responsibilities to each other--this is Pi???eiro at her wry, earthy best, alive to all the ways we shape ourselves to be understandable, to be understood, by family and love and other hostile forces.
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