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RMST 202 Literatures and Cultures of the Romance World II: Modern to Post-Modern
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Money to Burn: The Novel with No Redeemable Characters

Hello everyone and welcome back! This week’s novel had the exciting premise of a bank robbery gone wrong (ooooh ahhhh). Ricardo Piglia’s factual/fictional retelling of a bank robbery in Buenos Aires, Money to Burn started off so strong. I enjoyed the action-packed narrative interspersed with the backstories of the different characters. As the novel progressed, […]

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