Like Flies From Afar
by K. Ferrari, translated by Adrian West
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Pub Date 1 Apr 2021 | Archive Date 1 Apr 2021
Canongate | Black Thorn
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Description
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION DAGGER
Luis Machi has had enemies for a long time thanks to his corrupt business deals and cooperation with the military junta’s coup, not to mention the numerous infidelities of his love life. What is new, however, is the corpse chained to the boot of Machi’s car with furry pink handcuffs . . .
Someone is trying to set him up and the number of suspects is incalculable. Machi is stuck dredging his guilty past for clues and trying to dispose of the mystery corpse. But time is just another enemy and it’s running out fast.
Advance Praise
'This novel should come with a hazardous-material warning . . . First words to last, it's strong stuff'
JAMES SALLIS, author of Drive
'Ferrari keeps the story tightly pinned onto one single day, as one crazily escalating problem opens up a whole world of sleaze, crime and corruption . . . Sharp, savage and tense'
Sunday Times Crime Club
'Both brutal and wickedly funny, a satire on Argentinian politics and money. The novel is taut, fast-paced and patently filmic; there are plenty of exuberant scenes and a clever poetic ending. This is a gritty read . . . a very entertaining pastiche of classic noir . . . deliciously dark and farcical. Like Flies from Afar is a mix of barbed humour, irony and the grotesque . . . This novel is Ferrari’s reflection on the scars of recent history; dictatorship, financial crash and oligarchy'
Crime Time
'K. Ferrari, award-winning writer by day, metro cleaner by night. Working with his writing, bit by bit, he’s putting on another uniform: that of a literary sensation'
El País
'Like Flies from Afar has an unprecedented power'
CARLOS SALEM
'A writer to keep an eye on'
BENITO GARRIDO, Culturamas
'A rare example, translated into English, of a contemporary thriller from Argentina. And turbo-charged it certainly is . . . if you’re into dark, sardonic humour in the vein of Jim Thompson at his most dyspeptic you’re in for a wicked treat, with a menu full of sex, corruption, Hunter Thompson-like binges on illegal substances and alcohol, and more illegal episodes than an episode of The Wire'
Crime Time
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781786896995 |
| PRICE | £8.99 (GBP) |
Featured Reviews
Allyn N, Educator
A real short sharp shocker. Brutally violent from the outset. Ferrari really doesn't hold back on the lengths that people will go to to right a wrong. A book that's probably not for everyone but I must say I enjoyed it immensely.
John T, Reviewer
I was grateful for this ARC, as it was a book I read quickly and enjoyed immensely. The pace and power of the writing matched the paranoia of the main character. It gripped from start to finish, though it may not be too everyone's taste.
The story is pinned tightly to a day in the main character's life, but what a day. Pointedly aimed at Argentinian politics, money and history, K Ferrari packs more into that day than most people do in a lifetime.
This is a gritty read, wickedly funny in places, and a sure-fire certainty for a film adaptation!
I recommend it highly!
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