{"product_id":"love-parade","title":"Love Parade","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing the chance discovery of certain documents, a historian sets out to unravel the mystery of a murder committed in his childhood Mexico City home in the autumn of 1942. Mexico had just declared war on Germany, and its capital had recently become a colorful cauldron of the most unusual and colorful of the European ilk: German communists, Spanish republicans, Trotsky and his disciples, Balkan royalty, agents of the most varied secret services, opulent Jewish financiers, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs the historian-turned-detective begins his investigation, he introduces us to a rich and eccentric gallery of characters, the media of politics, the newly installed intelligentsia, and beyond. Identities are crossed, characters are confounded; Pitol constructs a novel that turns on mistaken identities, blurred memories, and conflicting interests, and whose protagonist is haunted by the ever-looming possibility of never uncovering the truth. At the same time a fast-paced detective investigation and an uproarious comedy of errors, this novel cemented Pitol's place as one of Latin America's most important twentieth-century authors. Winner of the Herralde Prize in 1984, \u003ci\u003eThe Love Parade\u003c\/i\u003e is the first installment of what Pitol would later dub his Carnival Triptych.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This novel is not only the best that Pitol has written, but one of the best novels in Mexican literature.\" \u003cb\u003e-Sergio González Rodríguez, \u003ci\u003eLa Jornada\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Sergio Pitol in the splendor of his mastery. A great novel.\" \u003cb\u003e-Florian Borchmeyer, \u003ci\u003eFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sergio Pitol (Author), George Henson (Translator)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52151537860839,"sku":"9781646051137","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0913\/8151\/files\/9781646051137-us.jpg?v=1780424913","url":"https:\/\/neighborbookstx.com\/products\/love-parade","provider":"Neighbor Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}