About
Author: Juan de Recacoechea (Bolivia)
Genre: Thriller
Setting
Place: La Paz
Time: 1980s
My Rating (see what this means)
My Subjective Rating: 3
My ‘Objective’ Rating: 2.29
Short Blog Notice:
I avoid writing full length blogs for all books. I still create a page for my completionist proclivities.
These can be books when I feel I don't have something new I can add over existing online content
OR when I don't like the book.
Introduction
American Visa by Juan de Recacoechea is about the quest of a man Mario Alvarez out to get for himself an American Visa with documents that are less-than-legitimate. Set in the Andean heights of La Paz, the book charts Mario’s tumultuous visit which quickly evolves from an-innocuous visa application to a crime-triller tragic comedy.
The narration makes for an entertaining read with well-built backdrop of Bolivia in the 1980s, full of fascinating characters (even if the presence of some stretch plausibility). All in all, an undemanding, engaging read.
Picture Credits:
- Cover Picture: American Visa Movie