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Necropolis

by Santiago Gamboa

Europa. 2012. 464p. tr. from Spanish by Howard Curtis. ISBN 9781609450731. pap. $18. COLOMBIA

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In a framed narrative reminiscent of those by Boccaccio or Chaucer, a writer investigates the mysterious death of one of the delegates at an international conference in war-torn Jerusalem during which the presentations by the eccentric attendees serve as independent stories.

Reviewed by Lawrence Olszewksi , Oct 01, 2014

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