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Following the chance discovery of certain documents, a historian sets out to unravel the mystery of a murder committed in his childhood Mexico City home in the autumn of 1942. Mexico had just declared war on Germany, and its capital had recently become a colorful cauldron of the most unusual and colorful of the European ilk: German communists, Spanish republicans, Trotsky and his disciples, Balkan royalty, agents of the most varied secret services, opulent Jewish financiers, and more.
As the historian-turned-detective begins his investigation, he introduces us to a rich and eccentric gallery of characters, the media of politics, the newly installed intelligentsia, and beyond. Identities are crossed, characters are confounded; Pitol constructs a novel that turns on mistaken identities, blurred memories, and conflicting interests, and whose protagonist is haunted by the ever-looming possibility of never uncovering the truth. At the same time a fast-paced detective investigation and an uproarious comedy of errors, this novel cemented Pitol’s place as one of Latin America’s most important twentieth-century authors. Winner of the Herralde Prize in 1984, The Love Parade is the first installment of what Pitol would later dub his Carnival Triptych.
“This novel is not only the best that Pitol has written, but one of the best novels in Mexican literature.” ―Sergio González Rodríguez, La Jornada
“Sergio Pitol in the splendor of his mastery. A great novel.�� ―Florian Borchmeyer, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Genre: Literary Fiction
As the historian-turned-detective begins his investigation, he introduces us to a rich and eccentric gallery of characters, the media of politics, the newly installed intelligentsia, and beyond. Identities are crossed, characters are confounded; Pitol constructs a novel that turns on mistaken identities, blurred memories, and conflicting interests, and whose protagonist is haunted by the ever-looming possibility of never uncovering the truth. At the same time a fast-paced detective investigation and an uproarious comedy of errors, this novel cemented Pitol’s place as one of Latin America’s most important twentieth-century authors. Winner of the Herralde Prize in 1984, The Love Parade is the first installment of what Pitol would later dub his Carnival Triptych.
“This novel is not only the best that Pitol has written, but one of the best novels in Mexican literature.” ―Sergio González Rodríguez, La Jornada
“Sergio Pitol in the splendor of his mastery. A great novel.�� ―Florian Borchmeyer, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Genre: Literary Fiction
Praise for this book
"Pitol is not just our best living storyteller, he is also the strongest renovator of our literature." - Álvaro Enrigue
"Certainly the strangest, most unfathomable and eccentric. . . . His voice reverberates beyond the margins of his books." - Valeria Luiselli
"Reading him, one has the impression . . . of being before the greatest Spanish-language writer of our time." - Enrique Vila-Matas
"Certainly the strangest, most unfathomable and eccentric. . . . His voice reverberates beyond the margins of his books." - Valeria Luiselli
"Reading him, one has the impression . . . of being before the greatest Spanish-language writer of our time." - Enrique Vila-Matas
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