Tusquets Editores Prize for Novel 2009
Julio Andrada likes to pass Amancio Alcorta Avenue every day
on his way to work, that is, of course, when he drives by himself to his
company in the outskirts of Buenos Aires. He enjoys entering the humble
lower-class neighborhoods that remind him of his origins, but above all, that
remind him of his success climbing the social ladder. One day, while having
lunch, Julio overhears the conversation and joking about of some truck drivers
regarding the sexual market in one of the neighborhoods on his daily route to
work. As he himself will come to admit, that day will be the beginning of the
end. Driven by an unknown impulse, Andrada will find
himself in his car one evening soliciting the services of Daiana,
an adolescent who will cause an uncontrollable desire in him. Julio, an ideal
neighbor and businessman, a man worried about his family’s image and the well-being
of his community, organizes his double life with coldness and intelligence.
Little by little the situation will require fast decision-making and
increasingly compromising actions.
A plot dealing with obsession and double morality, passion and social conflict
that envelops the main character, a man willing to trespass all limits for an
unspeakable relationship, that was awarded the Tusquets Editores Prize for
Novel 2009.
“Olguín has managed to size
up his country’s immediate reality with a different look… A novel of quick rhythm
that recreates the atmosphere of violence and political corruption exuded by
the streets of Buenos Aires”. Qué leer
“An excellent novel.” El correo
“A revelation”. Sergi Doria, ABC
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