| "Each novel by Santiago Gamboa is at the forefront of the best Latin American novels. Gamboa dismantles the legacy of Chandler and Hammett, adapting it to the craggy environs of Colombia, and adds to it a tireless sense of ethics. His novels revitalize a genre that we thought could do no more."
—Martin Solares
“An unsettling and brilliant document of contemporary life; highly recommended.”
— Library Journal (Starred Review)
"Swirling kaleidoscope of a novel... speaks to the terror and dislocation of the age."
—Kirkus Reviews
Novelist, short story writer, journalist and Otra Orilla Literary Prize winner Santiago Gamboa (Colombia) will be debuting his newly published novel Return to the Dark Valley here at Alphabet City.
In a narrative that moves across continents, from Spain to Ethiopia and Latin America, Return to the Dark Valley examines the life of Manuela Beltrán—a poet haunted by a troubled childhood. Her vendetta takes her around the world and puts her in the company of a vibrant cast of characters each wrestling with their own demons. These characters animate Gamboa’s richly imagined portrait of a hostile, turbulent world where liberation is found in perpetual movement and determined exploration.
Gamboa—one of Colombia’s most exciting writers—infuses his stories with a dose of inky dark noir that makes his novels intensely readable, his characters unforgettable, and his style influential. |
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