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Target in the Night

Ricardo Piglia · 2010 CE · Novel · Latin American · Contemporary

A murder in a small town on the Argentine pampas in the 1970s draws in Commissioner Croce, who finds a closed community whose families and money turn against the investigation. Piglia, one of Argentina's leading intellectual writers, plays the crime novel against a country's years of repression. It won the Premio de la Critica in 2010 and the Premio Rómulo Gallegos in 2011.

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Attributes

Genre
Crime / NoirMystery
Theme
Justice & RevengePower & CorruptionBetrayalDeath & MortalityClass & InequalityAppearance vs Reality
Archetype (Jung / Campbell)
Hero
Plot type
Mystery
Form
Labyrinth Plot
Symbol / motif
The Wilderness
Conflict
vs Societyvs Person
Mode / tone
NoirRealist
Culture / tradition
Latin American

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