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The Guillotine Squad

by Guillermo Arriaga

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Full of Arriaga's trademark humor and irony present in his films and novels, The Guillotine Squad takes us back to one of the most exciting times in Mexican history. Feliciano Velasco y Borbolla de la Fuente, a lawyer, sells his famous invention, the guillotine, to Pancho Villa, the renowned insurgent general of the Mexican Revolution. Soon Feliciano finds himself immersed in the logic of this simultaneously bizarre, heroic, and cruel world of Villa's troops.
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About the Author

Guillermo Arriaga es un escritor mexicano que ha alcanzado la fama mundial como guionista de la película Amores perros, de gran éxito internacional, y de las películas 21 Gramos, Las tres muertes de Melquiades Estrada, y Babel. Arriaga es también el autor de las novelas: El Búfalo de la noche y Escuadrón guillotina.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780743296816
Author:
Arriaga, Guillermo
Publisher:
Washington Square Press
Translator:
Page, Alan
Author:
Page, Alan
Subject:
Historical - General
Subject:
Psychological
Subject:
Torreon, Battle of, Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Copyright:
2007
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Publication Date:
20070531
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
8.25 x 5.31 in 5.95 oz
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