A Manual for Manuel (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Julio Cortazar
- First Published: 1973
- Type of Plot: Social morality
- Time of Work: From 1969 to 1972, during which time Argentina, under the military dictatorship of General Alejandro Lanusse, suffered widespread violation of human rights
- Setting: Paris and Buenos Aires
- Principal Characters: Ludmilla, Gomez, Monique, Lucien Verneuil, Heredia, Marcos, Andres, The One I told you, Francine, Oscar, Manuel, Gladis, Lonstein, Roland, Fernando, Susana, Patricio
- Genres: Long fiction, Political fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s, 1970’s, France or French people, Revolutions, Dreams, Paris, Kidnapping, South America or South Americans, Latin America or Latin Americans
- Locales: Paris, France, Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Novel
As the novel begins, Susana translates and discusses articles from the newspaper with other members of a revolutionary group called “the Screwery.” A telegram from London and a reference to something called the “Vincennes business” constitute the reader’s introduction to the group’s plan to smuggle counterfeit money in order to finance a political kidnapping. The target is a top Latin American police official, referred to as the Vip, whose headquarters are in Paris. He is to be held for ransom until Latin American political prisoners are released.
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