Outlaws: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 1620403269
- ISBN-13
- 9781620403266
- Series
- Outlaws
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-08-12
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Author
- Javier Cercas
Description
On a summer day at the arcade, timid sixteen-year-old Ignacio Cañas encounters two charismatic rebels: El Zarco (“Blue Eyes”) and his gorgeous girl, Tere. Entranced, he crosses the border into their dangerous world, becoming their partner in crimes that quickly escalate. Twenty-five years later, Tere materializes in Cañas's office, needing help. Cañas has settled back into middle-class life, becoming a successful defense lawyer. Zarco has matured into a convict of some infamy. Yet somehow, with new stakes, this three-way affair will begin again. With his usual brio, Javier Cercas surveys the borders between right and wrong, respectability and criminality, and to what extent we can pass between them-or determine on which side we ultimately fall. This brilliantly plotted tale firmly establishes him as one of the most rewarding novelists writing today.
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