Seven ways to kill a cat
By: Matías Nespolo ; translated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne
Contributors: Wynne, Frank, translator
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780099552383
Subjects: Gangs; Fiction; Friendship; Social conditions
Work titles: Siete maneras de matar a un gato
Description: Set in Buenos Aires at the time of Argentina's financial crash, and seen through the eyes of twenty-year-old Gringo, it tells the story of two boys on the cusp of adulthood who have no choice but to join the gang warfare that rules their community. At least, Gringo's friend Chueco thinks they have no choice. He's determined to prove himself hard enough to get into El Jetita's gang, but smart enough to remain his own man. Gringo is more intelligent. He knows that gangs don't work like that: you obey the leader or else. As the two get drawn ever deeper into a pitched battle between El Jetita and his rival Charly over control of the barrio's drugs and prostitution, Gringo sees a life of love and loss pass before his eyes.
Notes: This translation originally published: London: Harvill Secker, 2011.