Buenos Aires Triad by F E Beyer

 



Buenos Aires Triad

F.E. Beyer

Rating : 4 Stars


Publisher's Blurb

A grounded, realistic noir featuring the Venezuelan and Chinese gangs of Argentina's capital... When an armed robber shoots a British tourist in Buenos Aires, Lucas's life changes forever. A humble watch-seller moonlighting for the gang behind the robbery, Lucas picked the British woman as a target. After she dies from her wounds, the Argentine President orders the police to find the perpetrators at all costs. Lucas wants out of the gang. Instead, he becomes more entangled. He joins gang-leader Gustavo in extortion work for the triads. Under orders from Boss Ping, Lucas collects cash from Chinese-owned supermarkets and throws Molotov cocktails at those who don’t pay. But then police arrest Ping at her home...

"A searing portrait of the tourism industry and how the tourists and natives view each other. It reminded me of Michel Houellebecq's novels."

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Review

Lucas runs a watch shop in downtown Buenos Aires but has lately turned to selling stolen timepieces to meet the rent. This starts a slippery slope that plunges him into the criminal underworld of Chinese Triads from which he has no idea how to escape.

I found this novella to be well written with enough meat on the main characters to make it interesting. The background details of Argentina and Bolivia were educational and the plot moves along at a good pace.

I enjoyed the relationship between the two main characters and the end left me wanting to see what happens to Lucas next.

Well worth a read


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