 Author Name: Laverty, Paul
Title: Carla's Song
Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Fine
Publisher: Faber & Faber August 1, 1997
ISBN Number: 0-571-19162-2 / 9780571191628
Seller ID: RWARE0000001339
Carla's Song tells the story of the relationship between George, a feckless Scottish bus driver, and Carla, a refugee from Nicaragua, adrift in Glasgo w. It is 1987 and in Carla's home country the US-backed Contra rebels are m ounting their final lethal assault against the Sandinista government. At fi rst, Carla resists George's attentions. But he persists, fascinated both by her beauty and by the traumatic mystery that he senses in her past. Embold ened by her love for George, Carla returns with him to Nicaragua and to the turmoil which has engulfed her country. Carla's Song reflects on the burde n the past imposes on the present - both politically and emotionally - whil e celebrating, with distinctive Glaswegian humour, the unquenchable strengt h of the human spirit.
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