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" American visa : "
by Juan de Recacoechea ; translated by Adrian Althoff ; with an afterword by Ilan Stavans.
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BL
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965337
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b719707
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| Uniform Title
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American visa.English
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Recacoechea, Juan de,1936-
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American visa : : a novel /\ by Juan de Recacoechea ; translated by Adrian Althoff ; with an afterword by Ilan Stavans.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Akashic Books,, [2007]
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, ©2007
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260 pages :: 1 map ;; 21 cm
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1933354208
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: 9781933354200
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| Abstract
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"Armed with fake papers, a handful of gold nuggets, and a snazzy custom-made suit, an unemployed schoolteacher with a singular passion for detective fiction sets out from small-town Bolivia on a desperate quest for an American visa, his best hope for escaping his painful past and reuniting with his grown son in Miami." "Mario Alvarez's dream of emigration takes a tragicomic twist on the rough streets of La Paz, Bolivia, as he embarks on a series of Kafkaesque adventures, crossing paths with a colorful cast of hustlers, social outcasts, and crooked politicians - and initiates a romance with a straight-shooting prostitute named Blanca. Spurred on by his detective fantasies and his own tribulations, he hatches a plan to rob a wealthy gold dealer, a decision that draws him into a web of high-society corruption but also brings him closer than ever to obtaining his ticket to paradise."--Jacket.
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Bolivians-- United States, Fiction.
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Fathers and sons, Fiction.
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Teachers-- Bolivia, Fiction.
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Bolivians.
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Fathers and sons.
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Teachers.
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Bolivia.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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863/.64
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PQ7820.R37A4413 2007
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Althoff, Adrian.
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