The Antiquarian

The Antiquarian

A Los Angeles Times Best of Summer pick. An Amazon Best Book of the Month (Mystery, Thriller & Suspense). A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Summer: "The best literary puzzle of the summer." The Antiquarian is Gustavo Faverón Patriau’s masterfully conceived, engrossing story of murder, madness, and passion that is set against the landscape of an unnamed South American country ravaged by political violence and corruption. Three years have passed since Gustavo, a renowned psycholinguist, last spoke to his closest friend Daniel, who has been interned in a psychiatric hospital for murdering his fiancée. When Daniel unexpectedly calls to confess the truth of what really happened, Gustavo’s long-buried loyalty resurfaces and draws him into the center of a quixotic, unconventional investigation. As Daniel reveals his account through fragments of fables, novels, and historical allusions, Gustavo begins to retrace the past: from their early college days exploring dust-fi...
Year of publication: 2014
Translator: Mulligan Joseph
Number of pages: 217
Reading time: 3 h. 37 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF
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