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|title=All Is Silence

|author=Manuel Rivas

|publisher=Harvill Secker

|date=May 2013

|summary=The story of friends growing up in a small Spanish community where smuggling is just a way of life. Unusually written and at times brilliant this is an interesting read.

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The small community of Noitía is a place where everyone knows each other and each other’s business, which considering most of the adults are involved in the one business, smuggling, is potentially dangerous knowledge. We follow a small group of three young friends growing up in the area as they play and learn and even experience a little of the black market dealings. They stumble across a stash of smuggled whisky and are caught by the charismatic king pin responsible for the trafficking, who teaches them that silence is the most important lesson to learn when growing up in Noitía.