My Favorite Scar, Nicolas Ferraro
My Favorite Scar, Nicolas Ferraro
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My Favorite Scar

Author: Nicolás Ferraro, Mallory Craig-Kuhn

Narrator: Stacy Gonzalez

Unabridged: 7 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/23/2024


Synopsis

Fifteen-year-old Ámbar has never known any parent other than her father, Víctor Mondragón, nor any life other than his. On any given Friday night, Ámbar longs to be at the arcade or a rock concert, but she’s more likely to be patching up Víctor’s latest bullet hole in a dingy motel or creating a new set of fake identities for the both of them.

When a tattooed mercenary kills Víctor’s best friend and vows that Víctor is next, father and daughter set off on a joyride across Argentina in search of bloody retribution. But Ámbar’s growing pains hurt worse than her beloved sawed-off shotgun’s kickback as she begins to question the structure of her world. How much is her father not telling her? Could her life ever be different? And will she survive long enough to find out?

It’s kill or be killed in this gritty, devastating coming-of-age thriller from the king of Argentine neo-noir.

WINNER OF THE SPANISH-LANGUAGE DASHIELL HAMMETT PRIZE
“Ferraro writes … with unabashed realism, breathtaking power, and a narrative ferocity that never lets up.”—Booklist, starred review

Reviews

Goodreads review by Encarni on October 06, 2024

La historia no está mal, aunque, a veces, cuesta seguirle el hilo porque usa muchas palabras argentinas que, hasta yo, que viví seis meses en Buenos Aires, desconocía. Pero la trama está bien y la protagonista, Ámbar, es la que narra todo y nos deja ver su, aunque corta, caótica vida de un lugar a o......more

Goodreads review by Alexis on November 12, 2021

Precuela espiritual de Cruz. Un acercamiento diferente a la novela negra desde el punto de vista de sus victimas más cercanas, los seres queridos del que suele ser el protagonista principal, que tienen que sufrir el terror a lo que desconocen y el horror de lo imprevisto mientras son arrastrados por......more

Goodreads review by Paula Strange on October 24, 2024

Finalizada. La terminé porque es cortita. Tantas expresiones argentinas me sacaban de la historia. Nota 2,5/5. FIN.......more

Goodreads review by Tiffany on January 09, 2024

This book took me a little longer to buy into. It jumped straight into drama and I was lost with the dynamics of the family. Once I got into the story I couldn't get enough. What a wild lifestyle of moving and running with your father who is into illegal activities and moving to a town where he is a......more

Goodreads review by Yolanda on March 08, 2024

A noir that grabs you and drags you along for a frantic ride.......more