The sound of things falling
(Book)
Uniform Title
Author
Published
New York : Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2013.
Status
Franklin Ave. Library - Fiction - Adult
Vasquez, J.
1 available
Vasquez, J.
1 available
Description
Loading Description...
Also in this Series
Checking series information...
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
---|---|---|
Franklin Ave. Library - Fiction - Adult | Vasquez, J. | On Shelf |
More Details
Published
New York : Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2013.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
270 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"Originally published in Spain 2011 by Alfaguara (Santillana Ediciones Generales) as El ruido de las cosas al caer."
Description
No sooner does he get to know Ricardo Laverde than disaffected young Colombian lawyer Antonio Yammara realizes that his new friend has a secret, or rather several secrets. Antonio's fascination with the life of ex-pilot Ricardo Laverde begins by casual acquaintance in a seedy Bogotá billiard hall and grows until the day Ricardo receives a cassette tape in an unmarked envelope. Asking Antonio to find him somewhere private to play it, they go to a library. The first time he glances up from his seat in the next booth, Antonio sees tears running down Laverde's cheeks; the next, the ex-pilot has gone. Shortly afterwards, Ricardo is shot dead on a street corner in Bogotá by a guy on the back of a motorbike and Antonio is caught in the hail of bullets. Lucky to survive, and more out of love with life than ever, he starts asking questions until the questions become an obsession that leads him to Laverde's daughter. His troubled investigation leads all the way back to the early 1960s, marijuana smuggling and a time before the cocaine trade trapped a whole generation of Colombians in a living nightmare of fear and random death.
Language
Translated from the Spanish.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Vásquez, J. G. (2013). The sound of things falling . Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Vásquez, Juan Gabriel, 1973-. 2013. The Sound of Things Falling. Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Vásquez, Juan Gabriel, 1973-. The Sound of Things Falling Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Vásquez, Juan Gabriel. The Sound of Things Falling Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2013.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
Staff View
Loading Staff View.