Andean express
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Juan de Recacoechea ; translated by Adrian Althoff.
Contributors: Althoff, Adrian
Publisher: Akashic Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9781933354729
Subjects: Railroad travel -- Bolivia -- Fiction; Bolivia -- History -- 1938-1982 -- Fiction; Bolivia -- Social conditions -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Work titles: Altiplano express.
Description: This murder mystery follows a tragic overnight train journey in 1952 from Bolivia to Chile, presenting a moving environment at once carnivalesque and sinister. The novel explores the social tensions characteristic of Bolivian society in a way that is both accessible and highly entertaining.
Notes: "Originally published in Spanish under the title Altiplano express in 2000 by Alfaguara"--T.p. verso.

Translated from the Spanish.