I found Piglia’s book this week to be very entertaining and thought provoking, being one of the books that felt much easier to follow. It is one of very few of the books that I have read for this course that follows a somewhat “normal” structure/genre, being a true crime novel. I think the fact […]
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As a true crime fan myself, I was expecting this book to be one like many others I’ve seen before.
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I thought that the story of Money to Burn would eventually make sense and have a clear direction but it did not. I actually thought it would read more like a movie with a standard plot building towards a robbery. However, it does not have a central narrative from beginning til end. The group planning […]
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The book started off very suddenly, in media res. Descriptions of characters and details of the heist. Introducing the characters, names and nicknames. It was all very confusing here, I found it hard to keep track of who was who and what exactly was ha…
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The book started off very suddenly, in media res. Descriptions of characters and details of the heist. Introducing the characters, names and nicknames. It was all very confusing here, I found it hard to keep track of who was who and what exactly was ha…
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Ricardo Piglia’s Money to Burn starts off like a classic crime story at first. A group of criminals plan a robbery, escapes across the border, and eventually end up trapped in a violent standoff with the police. It has all the elements you’d expect from a thriller such as guns, paranoia, betrayals, and tense planning […]
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Mar 15, 2026 Finally a less depressing read from this course! …oh but the characters are evil and almost everybody dies in the end. Anyways I actually enjoyed reading this book a lot, minus the disgusting objectification of girls (can’t even call them women they were like 13-15 ewww) and the absurd amount of violence […]
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Money to Burn by Ricardo Piglia allows readers to gain insight into the human condition that lies behind devious criminal acts. When we think about criminals (like bank robbers), we often instinctively label them as immoral and dangerous individuals. H…
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Money to Burn by Ricardo Piglia allows readers to gain insight into the human condition that lies behind devious criminal acts. When we think about criminals (like bank robbers), we often instinctively label them as immoral and dangerous individuals. H…
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