April 2010 Featured Book

Andean Express by Adrian Althoff '04Andean Express
by Juan de Recacoechea. Translated by Adrian Althoff '04 

"Delights like strong coffee savored in a cosmopolitan cafe."
-Publisher's Weekly

Juan de Recacoechea's murder mystery, translated by Adrian Althoff '04, follows a tragic overnight train journey in 1952 from Bolivia to Chile, presenting a moving environment at once carnivalesque and sinister. The novel explores the social tensions characteristic of Bolivian society in a way that is both accessible and highly entertaining.