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A review by appletonkelli
The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander
5.0
This book is set in Argentina in 1976. While the United States was celebrating our bicentennial with children in costumes from 200 years prior learning dance steps for school performances, kids and young adults in Argentina were being snatched from their homes, schools, streets, to be tortured and killed.
When I think of Argentina I think of the musical Evita. And that is where it has always stopped. This novel was eye-opening and sent me scurrying to research the time period so I'd have a better understanding of the characters' situations.
I'm not going to give anymore than that away, but I recommend this book.
When I think of Argentina I think of the musical Evita. And that is where it has always stopped. This novel was eye-opening and sent me scurrying to research the time period so I'd have a better understanding of the characters' situations.
I'm not going to give anymore than that away, but I recommend this book.