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Author Recacoechea, Juan de, 1936-

Title Andean express / a novel by Juan de Recacoechea ; translated by Adrian Althoff.

Publication Info. New York : Akashic ; London : Turnaround [distributor], 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (172 pages) : illustrations, map
Note "Originally published in Spanish under the title Altiplano express in 2000 by Alfaguara"--Title page verso.
Summary 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.
Note Print version record.
Language Translated from the Spanish.
Subject Railroad travel -- Bolivia -- Fiction.
Bolivia -- History -- 1938-1982 -- Fiction.
Bolivia -- Social conditions -- Fiction.
FICTION -- Mystery & Detective -- General.
Railroad travel. (OCoLC)fst01088689
Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
Bolivia. (OCoLC)fst01205549
Chronological Term 1938-1982
Genre/Form Detective and mystery fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726581
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Althoff, Adrian.
Added Title Altiplano express. English
Other Form: Print version: Recacoechea S., Juan. Altiplano express. English. Andean express. New York : Akashic ; London : Turnaround [distributor], 2009 9781933354729 (DLC) 2008937352 (OCoLC)310157986
ISBN 9781617750588 (electronic bk.)
1617750581 (electronic bk.)
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