Life after crime from the International Booker-shortlisted author ofElena Knows

Fifteen years after killing her husband’s lover, Ins is fresh out of prison and trying to put together a new life. Her old friend Manca is out now too, and they’ve started a business – FFF, or Females, Fumigation, and Flies – dedicated to pest control and private investigation, by women, for women. But Seora Bonar, one of their clients, wants Ins to do more than kill bugs – she wants her expertise, and her criminal past, to help her kill her husband’s lover, too. Crimes against women versus crimes by women; culpability, fallibility, and our responsibilities to each other–this is Pieiro at her wry, earthy best, alive to all the ways we shape ourselves to be understandable, to be understood, by family and love and other hostile forces.

Claudia Pieiro, born in Buenos Aires in 1960 is a best-selling author, known internationally for her crime novels. She has won numerous national and international prizes, including the Pepe Carvalho Prize, the LiBeraturpreis for Elena Knows and the prestigious Sor Juana Ins de la Cruz Prize for Las grietas de Jara (A Crack in the Wall). Many of her novels have been adapted for the big screen, including Elena Knows (Netflix). Pieiro is the third most translated Argentinean author after Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortzar. She’s also a playwright and scriptwriter (including popular Netflix series The Kingdom ). Her novel Elena Knows was shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize. Frances Riddle has translated numerous Spanish-language authors including Isabel Allende, Claudia Pieiro, Leila Guerriero, and Sara Gallardo. Her translation of Theatre of War by Andrea Jeftanovic was granted an English PEN Award in 2020. Her work has appeared in journals such as Granta, Electric Literature, and The White Review, among others. She holds a BA in Spanish Language Literature from Louisiana State University and an MA in Translation Studies from the University of Buenos Aires. In 2022, Frances’ translation of Elena Knows by Claudia Pieiro was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. Originally from Houston, Texas she lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• Publisher:Charco Press
  
• Publish Date: August 06, 2024
  
• Pages: 356
  
• Dimensions: 5.0 X 7.7 X 1.2 inches | 0.95 pounds
  
• Language: English
  
• Type: Paperback
  
• EAN/UPC: 9781913867867
  
• BISAC Categories: Literary – Women – Crime – World Literature – Argentina