| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
271 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Originally published in Spanish as El desfile del amor in 1984. |
| Summary |
"Following the chance discovery of certain documents, a historian sets out to solve the mystery of a murder committed in the building where he lived as a ten-year-old in Mexico City's Colonia Roma in autumn 1942. Mexico had just declared war on Germany, and its capital became a colorful cauldron of European émigrés: German communists, Nazi spies, Spanish republicans, Trotsky and his disciples, Balkan kings, financiers, and secret agents from Allied and Axis countries alike. As the historian-turned-detective begins his investigation, he introduces us, chapter by chapter, to an eccentric parade of characters from Mexico City's political, artistic, intellectual, and upper classes. Pitol constructs a novel that turns on mistaken identities, blurred memories, and conflicting interest, and whose protagonist is haunted by the inescapable possibility that he might never uncover the truth."--Back cover. |
| Subject |
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
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Historians -- Fiction.
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Mexico City (Mexico) -- Fiction.
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Historians. (OCoLC)fst00957686
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Murder -- Investigation.
(OCoLC)fst01029788
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Mexico -- Mexico City.
(OCoLC)fst01206137
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| Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726581
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Historical fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726640
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Detective and mystery fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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| Added Author |
Henson, G. B, translator.
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| Added Title |
Desfile del amor. English
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| ISBN |
9781646051137 (softcover) |
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1646051130 (softcover) |
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