The Winners (New York Review Books Classics)

About this book

The Argentine writer Julio Cortzar called by Carlos Fuentes the Simon Bolivar of the Latin American novel was one of the scintillating geniuses of twentieth-century literaturea writer of sly wit and immense sophistication with a keen eye for character and the workings of social life. The Winners is the story of a luxury cruise bound for an unknown destination which runs terribly amok. Funny frightening lyrical and humane it is a deeply satisfying philosophical novel about crossed lives and wayward love as well as a brilliant meditation on the myth of the New World.