Target in the Night

"Ricardo Piglia may be the best Latin American writer to have appeared since the heyday of Gabriel Garcìa Márquez." — *Kirkus Reviews* "Piglia opens a window into a fascinating world, leaving the reader hungry for more." — *Publishers Weekly* One of the BBC's Ten Books to Read (December 2015) A passionate political and psychological thriller set in a remote Argentinean Pampas town, *Target in the Night* is an intense and tragic family history reminiscent of *King Lear*, in which the madness of the detective is integral to solving crimes. *Target in the Night*, a dark, philosophical masterpiece, won every major literary prize in the Spanish language in 2011. **Ricardo Piglia** (b. 1941), widely considered the greatest living Argentine novelist, has taught for decades in American universities, including most recently at Princeton.