Tango of the old guard
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Tango and chess, international espionage, fraud and theft, dark alleys, dark sides of the soul, and love — doomed for a lifetime. Two people from different worlds — one a former soldier turned gigolo, an unwitting spy and a clever thief with nothing in his pocket, Max Costa, and the accustomed to luxury, impenetrable socialite Mercedes Insunsa — play out a tense Hitchcock-worthy drama of fatal love and betrayal. These two have had three brief encounters: in the 1920s, in the refined interiors of a transatlantic liner and in the slums of Buenos Aires, in the 1930s in Nice, when the shadow of what was to come already loomed over Europe, and in Sorrento, during a fierce battle between Chilean and Soviet grandmasters for the chess crown, in the 1960s, when life has passed and all that remains is to envy the young, clear-eyed and determined, supporting them as much as possible. This is a story of the passion of tango and the cold calculation of chess — but not only that. This is a story of great love — but not the whole story. Arturo Pérez-Reverte is a former military journalist, a renowned author of brilliant historical, military, and adventure novels translated into forty languages, the creator of the Captain Alatriste series, and a recipient of prestigious literary awards. His "The Tango of the Old Guard" is a black-and-white film about the true passion of tango that resonates within you until the end of your days, about nostalgia for times gone by when life was full of adventures, unpredictable, and you easily let go of everything that came your way because you were young and fearless, and about old age, full of regrets, yet unable to change either a seasoned fraudster or a true knight.
Author:
Author:Perez-Reverte A.
Cover:
Cover:hardcover
Category:
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Horror
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:offset
Dimensions:
Dimensions:20.5x14x3.4 cm
Series:
Series:Big novel
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
Product type:
Product type:color embossing, gold embossing
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-389-23687-5
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