Guano

by Louis Carmain

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It's 1862, and Spain is a little rueful about letting Peru have their independence. Or, more importantly, letting Peru have the guano -- "white gold" -- on the Chincha Islands. Simon is the ship's recorder on a scientific -- okay, military -- expedition when he meets, in Callao, the mysterious Montse. She asks of him only that he write her letters. Which he utterly fails to do. As military tensions escalate, so does Simon's unabated lust for Montse -- even if he can't bring himself to do anything about it.… (more)

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A fairly pointless novel, describing a totally pointless war, through the eyes of a Spanish lieutenant obsessed with a Peruvian woman, but unwilling to expend any positive effort in pursuit of her. I need a drink. (

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Louis Carmain	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Mullins, Rhonda	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Governor General's Literary Award (Finalist – French to English translation – 2016)

Prix littéraire des collégiens (2014)

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It's 1862, and Spain is a little rueful about letting Peru have their independence. Or, more importantly, letting Peru have the guano -- "white gold" -- on the Chincha Islands. Simon is the ship's recorder on a scientific -- okay, military -- expedition when he meets, in Callao, the mysterious Montse. She asks of him only that he write her letters. Which he utterly fails to do. As military tensions escalate, so does Simon's unabated lust for Montse -- even if he can't bring himself to do anything about it.

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