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The Devil of the Provinces
The Devil of the Provinces
The Devil of the Provinces
Audiobook3 hours

The Devil of the Provinces

Written by Juan Cardenas

Narrated by Asa Siegel

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After a series of failures, a biologist returns to his hometown to live with his grieving mother. But in this gripping crime novel that upends the genre's conventions, strange events unravel what he thought he knew of his past, his present, and himself.

When a biologist returns to Colombia after fifteen years abroad, he quickly becomes entangled in the trappings of his past and his increasingly bizarre present: the unsolved murder of his brother, a boarding school where girls give birth to strange creatures, a chance encounter with his irrevocably changed first love. A brush with a well-connected acquaintance leads to a biotechnology job offer, and he's gradually drawn into a web of conspiracy. Ultimately, he may be destined to remain in the city he'd hoped never to see again-in The Devil of the Provinces, nothing is as it seems.

Editor's Note

Twists and thrills…

The middle-aged, unnamed man at the center of this story hoped never to return to Colombia. Nevertheless, he finds himself back home after stalled life plans. He quickly becomes consumed with the unsolved death of his brother while working at a boarding school, which holds mysteries of its own. Cárdenas defies genres with surreal thrills, supernatural twists, and poetic imagery. Originally published in Spanish, “The Devil of the Provinces” is the author’s second translated work, following “Ornamental,” a PEN Award finalist.

LanguageEnglish
TranslatorLizzie Davis
Release dateSep 12, 2023
ISBN9798350843002
The Devil of the Provinces

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