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Javier Marías
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Bad Nature, or With Elvis in Mexico (New Directions Pearls) |
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No copies available |
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| Published in: |
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English |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
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100 |
| Date: |
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2010-02-24 |
| ISBN: |
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0811218589 |
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New Directions |
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0.1 pounds |
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4.49 x 0.2 x 7.01 inches |
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Product Description
A gem of a Marías story: Elvis and his entourage abandon their translator in a seedy cantina full of enraged criminals. “It all happened because of Elvis Presley.” Elvis, down south of the border to film a movie, has insisted his producers hire a proper Spaniard so that he can pronounce his few lines in Spanish with a Castillian accent. But Ruibérriz has taken on much more than he bargained for. One fatal night, horseplay in a local bar goes too far: a fatuous drunken American insults the local kingpin, and when the thug insists that Ruibérriz translate, Elvis himself adds an even more stinging comment—and who must translate that?
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http://bookmooch.com/0811218589 |
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