{"product_id":"the-informers-9781594484674","title":"The Informers","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first novel from a global literary superstar and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Things Falling.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Juan Gabriel Vásquez's \u003ci\u003eThe Informers\u003c\/i\u003e is a thrilling new discovery.\" --Colm Tóibín \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"One of the most original new voices of Latin American literature.\" -- Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Gabriel Santoro's book is scathingly reviewed by his own father, a famous Bogotá rhetorician, Gabriel is devastated. Cataloguing the life of longtime family friend Sara Guterman, a Jewish German immigrant who escaped to Colombia during the 1930s, Gabriel's book seemed an innocent attempt to preserve a piece of his country's rapidly vanishing past. But as Gabriel pours over his research looking for clues to his father's anger, he discovers a sinister secret locked in the pages. After his father's death, and with the help of Sara Guterman and his father's girlfriend, Angelina, Gabriel peels back layer after shocking layer of family history-from the streets of 1940s Bogotá to a stranger's doorstep in 1990s Medellín-to reveal a hidden portrait of their past-dark, complex, and inescapable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594484674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.21h x 5.55w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/08\/2010 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Juan Gabriel Vasquez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44507354267829,"sku":"9781594484674","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a12b7688-6531-4032-a9e7-f856b97e1e16.jpg?v=1722311913","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-informers-9781594484674","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}