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Biografisk notat
Paula Rodríguez is a journalist, editor, writer, comedian, ghostwriter and feminist activist. She has worked for twenty-five years in magazine print journalism. Urgent Matters is her first novel. Paula lives in Buenos Aires.A vivid and unforgiving depiction of a world in which everyone..is guilty of something
Guardian
[A] breathless procedural... a notable addition to South American noir
Times and Sunday Times Crime Club pick of the week
Written in the taut, clean style of the classic pulp noir... the story barrels along at a ferocious rate
Irish Times
Part thriller, part telenovela, Paula Rodríguez's bleakly comic novel is all Argentine in its awareness of how society makes accommodation with corruption... [a] well-wrought tango noir.
The Times (Best thrillers of November)
This fast-moving novel evokes the teeming metropolis of Buenos Aires in a vibrant fashion, travelling between its poles of social differences and affording insights into a country still divided by race and class
Crime Time
With frenetic pace and a hypnotic, disturbing plot, Urgent Matters is an exploration of how facts are constructed and which of them prevail to become realities. In the post-truth era, it is an essential read
- Agustina Bazterrica, author of Tender is the Flesh,
It has all the ingredients of the police procedurals that totally grip you. It's fast-paced, has action, suspense and great characters
- Claudia Piñeiro, International Booker-shortlisted author of Elena Knows,
Exquisite writing. As capable of irony as tenderness, of social and cultural critique as moments of intimacy, and loaded with the frenzied pace of noir'
- Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, author of International Booker-shortlisted The Adventures of China Iron,
It's a flight forwards, an engine that advances to the very heart of fiction, and it sweeps everything away
- K Ferrari, author of Like Flies From Afar,
One of the pleasant surprises of recent months. [...] Very well structured in a short, very enjoyable read
El País
With a frenetic pace and a distinctive mix of bitterness and lucidity, this noir novel by Paula Rodríguez is part of the rich Argentine tradition of quality fiction written with the urgency of journalism
Risbel
Paula Rodríguez belongs to that group of Argentine noir novel writers that is attracting so much interest lately
Harper's Bazaar (Spain)
It has the frantic pace of a story written with an exquisite ear for capturing the small details of the language that prevails in the world of the police, television, new technologies and also religion
Página 12
A raw story that could well share a library shelf with authors like Gabriela Cabezón Cámara and Leonardo Oyola
- Patricio Zunini,
It manages to condense drama and urgency [...] information, reflection and perspective
Radar
With the fast pace of a thriller and the tone of deep bitterness that characterizes the noir genre, Urgent Matters constructs a story in which the mysteries become clear to the reader, but they never come to light in the field of justice
Clarín
Very dark, very full of the tics of the police genre, very suspenseful, very well written
- Carlos Ulanovsky,
The core of the disquiet in this novel lies not so much in understanding who is guilty or innocent, but rather in revealing which story will end up prevailing
- Pablo Díaz Marenghi,
As soon as it starts, it grabs you by the neck and doesn't let go [...]. A great critique of journalism by a journalist
- Hinde Pomenariec,
'Part thriller, part telenovela, a well-wrought tango noir' The Times
'Vivid and unforgiving' Guardian
'A breathless procedural'
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A devastating train crash in the suburbs of Buenos Aires leaves forty-three people dead, but not Hugo Lamadrid, a criminal wanted for murder. He seizes his change to disappear, abandoning his possessions - and, he hopes, his identity - among bodies mangled beyond all recognition.
As the police descend of the scene, only grizzled Detective Domínguez sees a link between the crash and his murder case. Soon, he's on Hugo's tail. But he hasn't banked on everything from the media to Hugo's mother-in-law getting in his way.
This crackling, pacy noir shines a light on urgent social issues - if you loved The Khan by Saima Mir or Lightseekers by Femi Kayode then you'll love Urgent Matters!
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READERS LOVE URGENT MATTERS!
'If this novel by Paula Rodriguez is anything to go by Argentinian noir may be the next big thing'
'It is a perfect slice of Argentine Noir with a current of dark humour running through it and I would highly recommend picking this up if you are looking for a sharp, energetic and compelling read'
'The stand out element of the story was the fabulous character development. All the key players feel like they are pushing their way out of the book into my world'
FURTHER PRAISE FOR URGENT MATTERS
'Written in the taut, clean style of the classic pulp noir' Irish Times
'Evokes the teeming metropolis of Buenos Aires in a vibrant fashion' Crime Time
'Frenetic pace and a hypnotic, disturbing plot... An essential read' Agustina Bazterrica, author of Tender is the Flesh