The Wreckers (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | George Makana Clark | knygos.lt

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A darkly funny revenge drama, examining the scars of the transatlantic slave trade

Lisbon, 1954. In the Military History Archives, a mysterious figure steals the Last Will and Testament of Garoto Bárbaro de Castro-a list of thirteen bequests, and a record of Garoto's remarkable life story. It is also a window onto many other lives connected to his, including that of the archival thief-his descendent, Nuno Bárbaro de Castro.

After stealing Garoto's Last Will and Testament, Nuno-artifact hunter, grave-robber, conman, fake veterinarian, and agent of Angolan Independence-sets off to hunt the listed artefacts, and unintentionally begins to collect the distant relatives of those mentioned in the Will, even when they don't want to be collected...

A Hundred Years of Solitude meets The Count of Monte Cristo, The Wreckers is a centuries-spanning tour de force that moves between Angola, Cuba, and Louisiana's 'Angola' prison to examine the scars of the transatlantic slave trade, and the consequences of prolonged civil war.