After Rita is found dead in a church she used to attend, the official investigation into the incident is quickly closed. Her sickly mother is the only person still determined to find the culprit. Chronicling a difficult journey across the suburbs of the city, an old debt and a re...vealing conversation, Elena Knows unravels the secrets of its characters and the hidden facets of authoritarianism and hypocrisy in our society.
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ISBN |
9781999368432 |
Released NZ |
13 Jul 2021 |
Publisher |
Charco Press |
Format |
Trade Paperback/Paperback |
Availability |
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Interest Age |
General Audience |
Reading Age |
General Audience |
Library of Congress |
Murder, Detective and mystery fiction, Mothers of murder victims |
NBS Text |
General & Literary Fiction |
ONIX Text |
General/trade |
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Awards, Reviews & Star Ratings
Awards |
Commended for Man Booker International Prize 2022
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NZ Review |
LiBeraturpreis (Winner) Praise for Claudia Pineiro Not for nothing is Claudia Pineiro Argentina's most popular crime writer. Betty Boo is original, witty and hugely entertaining; it mixes murder with love, political power and journalism. Delightful characters include a morose veteran hack and a young trainee known only as Crime Boy. Iscar falls in love and the homicide count has moved up the ladder of Argentine politicians. --The Times At the start of this thought-provoking mystery from Pineiro (A Crack in the Wall), maid Gladys Verela arrives at the Maravillosa Country Club, where industrialist Pedro Chazaretta has a house on the grounds. In the living room, Gladys spots Chazaretta sitting in a chair, apparently asleep, but in fact his throat has been slit. In Pineiro's artful hands, each of her investigators learns as much about himself or herself as about the murder on the way to the surprising, perfectly executed ending. --Publisher's Weekly Those willing to take the time to enjoy the style and the unusual denouement will find themselves wondering why more crime authors don't take the kinds of risks Pineiro does. --Booklist Pineiro is AWESOME. Her books are dark, have buckets of atmosphere, and they all feel entirely different even though she revisits some of the same issues again and again. She deals with the culture and social structure within gated communities; shows how walling ourselves in seems safer, but actually promotes fear and claustrophobia; she deals with gender roles and prejudice and economic class and long-held secrets that fester. --Book Riot |
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Author's Bio
Born in Buenos Aires in 1960, Claudia Pineiro is a best-selling author, known internationally for her crime novels. She has won numerous national and international prizes, including the Pepe Carvalho Prize, the LiBeraturpreis for Elena Knows and the prestigious Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize for Las grietas de Jara (A Crack in the Wall). Many of her novels have been adapted for the big screen. Claudia Pineiro is the third most translated Argentinean author, after Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortazar. More recently, she has become a very active figure in the fight for the legalisation of abortion in Argentina and Latin America, and for the recognition of employment rights for writers. Her fiction is rooted in the detective novel but has recently turned increasingly political. Frances Riddle has translated numerous Spanish-language authors, including Isabel Allende, Claudia Pineiro, Leila Guerriero, Maria Fernanda Ampuero, and Sara Gallardo. Her work has appeared in journals such as Granta, Electric Literature, and The White Review, among others. She holds a Bachelor's in Spanish Literature and a Master's in Translation Studies. Originally from Houston, Texas, she lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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