Gesell Dome

Gesell Dome

<div><p>Winner of the 2013 Dashiell Hammett Prize</P><p>Recipient of a PEN/Heim Translation Fund Award</p><p>"Through a skillful weaving of characters and plotlines, coming together like a completed puzzle, Saccomanno has crafted a monumental novel where individual stories unnerve us while building to the unexpected and explosive finale."—<I>El Mundo</I></P><p>Like <I>True Detective </I>through the lenses of William Faulkner and John Dos Passos, <I>Gesell Dome </I>is a mosaic of misery, a page-turner that will keep you enthralled right until its shocking end.</p><p>Opening with reports of a child abuse scandal at an elementary school, then weaving its way through dozens of sordid storylines and characters—including various murders, corrupt politicians and real-estate moguls, and the Nazi past of the city—<I>Gesell Dome </I>chronicles the dark underbelly of a popular resort town tensely awaiting the return of the tourist season.</P><p>Two-time winner of the Dashiell Hammett Prize, Guillermo Saccomanno is Argentina's foremost noir writer, crafting incisive, unflinching books that reveal the inequities of contemporary life.</p><p><B>Guillermo Saccomanno </B>is the author of numerous novels and story collections, including <I>El buen dolor</I>, winner of the Premio Nacional de Literatura, and <I>77 </I>and <I>Gesell Dome</I>, both of which won the Dashiell Hammett Prize. He also received Seix Barral's Premio Biblioteca Breve de Novela for <I>El oficinista </I>and the Rodolfo Walsh Prize for nonfiction for <I>Un maestro</I>.</P><p><B>Andrea G. Labinger </B>is the translator of more than a dozen works from the Spanish, including books by Ana María Shua, Liliana Heker, Luisa Valenzuela, and Alicia Steimberg, among others.<BR></div>