{"product_id":"return-to-the-dark-valley-santiago-gamboa-9781609454258","title":"Return to the Dark Valley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fans of Roberto Bola o will feel right at home in this globetrotting tale of misfit poets and ultraviolent drug lords . . . A page turner\" (\u003ci\u003eMiami Rail\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eManuela is a woman haunted by a troubled childhood that she tries to escape through books and poetry. Tertullian is an Argentine preacher who claims to be the Pope's son, ready to resort to extreme methods to create a harmonious society. Ferdinand Palacios is a Colombian priest with a dark paramilitary past, now confronted with his guilt. Rimbaud was the precocious, brilliant poet whose life was incessant exploration. Along with Juana and the consul, these are the central characters in Santiago Gamboa's \"complex, challenging story that speaks to the terror and dislocation of the age\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Action-packed plotting . . . examines the movement of people across the shifting geopolitical landscape, the impossibility of returning and the potential redemptive power of poetry.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An unsettling and brilliant document of contemporary life; highly recommended.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gamboa possesses considerable talent at creating energetic scenes that spiral off in intriguing directions.\"--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Santiago Gamboa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609454251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609454258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2017 pg. 112","brand":"Santiago Gamboa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43979357225215,"sku":"9781609454258","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_429ab2ca-dd80-4f94-b505-44862f9fd38b.jpg?v=1683245121","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/return-to-the-dark-valley-santiago-gamboa-9781609454258","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}