Book Day in Argentina is June 15 and we decided to celebrate it with a rundown of what our staff has been reading lately. One of the many good things about having a diverse workforce is that there’s never a shortage of reading recommendations and, no matter what you might fancy, you’re always bound to find something that piques your curiosity. The Real Odessa , by Uki Goñi (Granta UK, 410pages) A brilliantly-researched exploration of how Perón’s government, Nazis, European war criminals, the Catholic Church, and an ensemble of others collaborated to help Nazis guilty of crimes against humanity escape to impunity in Argentina.
With more characters than a Russian novel, the book doesn’t shy away from fine detail and is meticulously referenced. Drawing on years of persistent archival work across several countries combined with interviews, the final result is an impressively original book that feels like it could have been a doctoral thesis. Amy Booth Oblígame (Make Me) , by Lee Child (Blatt & Ríos, 432 pages – published in the U.
S. by Delacorte Press and in the UK by Bantam Press) Lee Child’s awesome hero Jack Reacher — a perfect blend of Sherlock Holmes’ analytical mind and the body and strength of 1980s Arnold Schwarzenegger — is back in this 20th book of the franchise, originally published in 2015 and accurately translated by Aldo Giacometti for Blatt & Ríos. Oblígame starts as most westerns — and Reacher novels — usually do: with a nomadic, .
