Tales from the Blue Archives
In his third book in a trilogy about human rights issues during the 1976 civil war in Argentina, the author combines pathos with irresistible suspense. Readers experience very personally the cruel deprivation of the heroic grandmother, Delores, whose children and grandchildren were either murdered or have disappeared. However, the army officer responsible for the crimes has survived, even flourished, living affluently with his own family. The discoveries Dolores makes regarding the whereabouts of two of her grandchildren result in a gripping and satisfying climax. An Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award winner (for Imagining Argentina, 1987), Thornton has written a refreshing and unexpectedly hopeful novel of loss and recovery. Although the latest entry in a series, it has the impact to stand alone as a beautifully written and arresting story.?Margaret A. Smith, Grace A. Dow Memorial Lib., Midland, Mich.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.