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|title=The Shadow of What we Were

|sort=Shadow of What we Were

|borrow=Yes

|isbn=9781609450021

|pages=160

|publisher=Europa Editions

|date=August 2012

|summary=A window on the history of Chile's last fifty years, through activists reuniting for one last 'job'.

}}

Chile, the modern day. Four elderly men meet for one last time, planning something suspiciously underhand, having made arrangements - and discussed Internet dating - online. We're let into the fact that the grandfather of one was a bank robber in a classic tale of Robin Hood-style wealth distribution, but as to what the outcome of their plans might be we're forced to wait. Elsewhere a domestic incident leads to a bizarre death - by record player. And you can just tell I'm suggesting you wait to discover the link...

For a look at the Chilean expat life elsewhere, we enjoyed [[The Sum of Our Days by Isabel Allende]]. Oddly, the feel of this title, with its police procedural popping up into a different book made me remember [[Bed of Nails by Antonin Varenne and Sian Reynolds (translator)|Bed of Nails by Antonin Varenne]].

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