In her novel Betibú, Claudia Piñeiro uses her typical human touch to combine an exciting thriller with an astute portrait of the Argentinean media and society. When the crime journalist Jaime Brena hears of a murder in the well-guarded community La Maravillosa, he hooks up with the famous writer Nurit Iscar, also called Betibú. She is to cover the case for the newspaper director, who also happens to be her ex-lover. While uncovering the crime’s horrifying background, Betibú and Brena come steadily closer.
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«Her plots are devilishly clever.»
Matías Néspolo, El Mundo
«The result is a journalistic, political, existential, and slang-filled thriller:
Betibú is like an underdeveloped, female, detective version of Salinger.»
Ramon Ventura, El Periódico
«They say in Italy that Alfred Hitchcock isn’t dead,
that he lives on in the body of a woman from Buenos Aires and writes cool novels.
If only we could have two or three Claudia Piñeiros around here!»
Marga Nelken, El Mundo
«An exquisite story, full of rhythm and intrigue,
created by one of the best Argentine authors of the moment.
A thoroughly enjoyable read.»
Mía Magazine
«The intrigue of Betibú is the enigma of the human condition,
and beneath the crime story lies a relentless and ironic social portrait.
Claudia Piñeiro’s best novel, and that’s saying a lot.»
Rosa Montero
«Betibú is much more than a novel. It is a small manual
on journalism, not because it explains the technique of how to construct
a good inverted pyramid article, but because it conveys
-through its characters- a love for a profession.
Betibú is, above all, an exquisite and unmissable novel.»
El Atlántico de Mar de Plata
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