The Secret History of Costaguana

Juan Gabriel Vasquez; Anne McLean

Language: English

Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover

Published: Jan 2, 2007

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Review

Praise for THE INFORMERS 'A fine and frightening study of how the past preys upon the present.' John Banville 'From the opening paragraph of The Informers, I felt myself under the spell of a masterful writer.' Nicole Krauss 'Juan Gabriel Vasquez is one of the most original new voices of Latin American literature.' Mario Vargas Llosa

About the Author

Juan Gabriel Vásquez is the critically acclaimed, award-winning Colombian author of The Informers. He has translated works by E. M. Forster, Victor Hugo, and John Dos Passos, among others, into Spanish. His fiction has been translated into fourteen languages.

Anne McLean and her translations have been shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, have won the Premio Valle- Inclán, and have twice been awarded the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.