num_pages: 479
description: Set in Argentina in the 1950s against a background of political upheaval, the beautiful daughter of a prominent family becomes the object of three men's obsessions. The author has also written "The Tunnel" and "Abaddon el Exterminador" which won him the "French Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger".
language: English
title: On Heroes and Tombs
titlecomplete: On Heroes and Tombs
characters: tío Bebe, Pancho, Fernando Vidal Olmos, Chichín, Bruno, Alejandra Vidal Olmos, Humberto J. D'Arcángelo, Buchich, Martín Castillo
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Latin American, Classics, Latin American Literature, Contemporary, Spanish Literature, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 11818
places: Buenos Aires
series: Sobre héroes y tumbas
publisher: Jonathan Cape