The Neruda case
By: Roberto Ampuero ; translated by Carolina De Robertis
Contributors: De Robertis, Carolina, translator
Publisher: Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9781594487439
Subjects: Politics and government; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General; FICTION / Historical; Fiction; FICTION / Literary
Work titles: Caso Neruda
Description: "Originally published in Spanish as El Caso Neruda by La otra orilla/Grupo Norma, Barcelona, Spain"--

"Published for the first time in English, an atmospheric, brilliant novel from an internationally bestselling literary luminary. Roberto Ampuero's novels starring the wonderfully roguish Cayetano Brule are an international sensation. In The Neruda Case, readers are introduced to Cayetano as he takes on his first case as a private eye. Set against the fraught political world of pre-Pinochet Chile, Castro's Cuba, and perilous behind-the-Wall East Berlin, this mystery spans countries, cultures, and political ideas, and features one of literature's most beloved figures--Pablo Neruda. Cayetano meets the poet at a party in Chile in the 1970s. The dying Neruda recruits Cayetano to help him solve the last great mystery of his life. As Cayetano fumbles around his first case, finding it hard to embrace the new inspector identity foisted upon him, he begins to learn more about Neruda's hidden agenda. Neruda sends him on a whirlwind expedition around the world, ending back in Chile, where Pinochet's coup plays out against the final revelations of their journey. Evocative, romantic, and full of intrigue, Ampuero's novel is both a glimpse into the life of Pablo Neruda as death approaches and a political thriller that unfolds during the fiercely convulsive end of an era"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.