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4112346Rexhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/rex-9780802199911/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3526858/cf4af475-f74f-48c7-8237-098fb95e4a99.jpg?v=638385501243570000165189MXNGrove AtlanticInStock/Ebooks/<p>Now in paperback, José Manuel Prietos <em>Rex</em> is a sexy, zany, and sophisticated literary game rife with allusions to Proust and Borges, set in a world of wealthy Russian expats and mafiosos who have settled in western Europe.<br />J. is a young Cuban man who, thanks to his knowledge of Russian and Spanish, has become the tutor of the young son of a wealthy Russian couple living in Marbella, in the part of southern Spain that the Russian mafia has turned into its winter quarters. As J. attempts to give the boy a general grade-school education by exclusively reading him Proust, he also becomes the personal secretary of the boys father, Vasily, an ex-scientist that J. suspects is on the run from gangsters. Vasilys wife, Nelly, a seductive woman always draped in mind-boggling quantities of precious stones, believes the only way to evade the gangsters is an extravagant plan linking Vasily to the throne of the czars.<br /><em>Rex</em> is an unforgettable achievement: an illusory, allusive gem of a novel that confirms José Manuel Prieto as one of the most talented writers of his generation.</p>...4048649Rex165189https://www.gandhi.com.mx/rex-9780802199911/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3526858/cf4af475-f74f-48c7-8237-098fb95e4a99.jpg?v=638385501243570000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20109780802199911_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_<p>Now in paperback, José Manuel Prietos <em>Rex</em> is a sexy, zany, and sophisticated literary game rife with allusions to Proust and Borges, set in a world of wealthy Russian expats and mafiosos who have settled in western Europe.<br />J. is a young Cuban man who, thanks to his knowledge of Russian and Spanish, has become the tutor of the young son of a wealthy Russian couple living in Marbella, in the part of southern Spain that the Russian mafia has turned into its winter quarters. As J. attempts to give the boy a general grade-school education by exclusively reading him Proust, he also becomes the personal secretary of the boys father, Vasily, an ex-scientist that J. suspects is on the run from gangsters. Vasilys wife, Nelly, a seductive woman always draped in mind-boggling quantities of precious stones, believes the only way to evade the gangsters is an extravagant plan linking Vasily to the throne of the czars.<br /><em>Rex</em> is an unforgettable achievement: an illusory, allusive gem of a novel that confirms José Manuel Prieto as one of the most talented writers of his generation.</p>(*_*)9780802199911_<p>Now in paperback, José Manuel Prietos <em>Rex</em> is a sexy, zany, and sophisticated literary game rife with allusions to Proust and Borges, set in a world of wealthy Russian expats and mafiosos who have settled in western Europe.<br />J. is a young Cuban man who, thanks to his knowledge of Russian and Spanish, has become the tutor of the young son of a wealthy Russian couple living in Marbella, in the part of southern Spain that the Russian mafia has turned into its winter quarters. As J. attempts to give the boy a general grade-school education by exclusively reading him Proust, he also becomes the personal secretary of the boys father, Vasily, an ex-scientist that J. suspects is on the run from gangsters. Vasilys wife, Nelly, a seductive woman always draped in mind-boggling quantities of precious stones, believes the only way to evade the gangsters is an extravagant plan linking Vasily to the throne of the czars.<br /><em>Rex</em> is an unforgettable achievement: an illusory, allusive gem of a novel that confirms José Manuel Prieto as one of the most talented writers of his generation.</p>...9780802199911_Grove Atlanticlibro_electonico_7ddaebf9-b764-3862-8933-a01e7207490c_9780802199911;9780802199911_9780802199911José ManuelInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram50-epub-67e2b5b9-f6f7-4d47-9a0d-75d9c16046db.epub2010-05-11T00:00:00+00:00Grove Atlantic