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Money to Burn Reflection

Hello again everyone, I’m back to discuss this week’s book: Money to Burn by Ricardo Piglia. This book is without a doubt my favourite so far in the course. The fact that it is based on a true story makes it even more interesting to me. The events that take place are so gruesome and […]

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Beyond the Heist: Ricardo Piglia’s ‘Money to Burn’

In the realm of crime fiction, Ricardo Piglia’s “Money to Burn” stands out as a gripping narrative that transcends the boundaries of the genre. The novel reconstructs the infamous heist that took place over the span of September to November 1965, where an armed gang intercepted a van transporting a staggering sum of over $7,000,000 […]

Posted in Blogs, Piglia | Tagged with crime, money, Societal Norms, violence

how many letters in CRIMINAL.. ATEEEEEE HOMOSEXUAL CRIMINALS YASSSSSSSSSS

Hey everyone! I am super excited to discuss this week’s reading because it is a CRIME STORYYY!! I personally love crime or murder mystery stories; the whole element of mystery and suspense is so engaging for me so this was definitely a great read.  I think there is SO MUCH to talk about when it […]

Posted in Blogs, Piglia | Tagged with class, framing, history, life, narrative, sexuality, story, time, violence

Call me Travis Scott because I’m the “highest in the room”

Trigger warning: Mentions of Sexual Exploitation and Crime Art work by Kristina Timofeeva Did you see what I did with the title 😏 ????? Cause the book had talk of drugs and the experience of reading it was…well..almost a surreal high?????? No, just me? ok… Money is just the same as drugs: what’s fundamental is […]

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Piglia; To quote Abba, “money, money, money”

Where to even begin on this whirlwind of a novel. Ricardo Piglia’s Money to Burn was genuinely one of my favourite reads of the course thus far. I think this has to do with the writing style in part because … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Piglia | Tagged with Drugs, love, money, thieves, violence, women

Why is everyone taking it up the arse? – Money to burn by Piglia

No genuinely why is everyone, man or woman taking it up the ass. Money to Burn by Piglia is a book that I honestly did not like until they got to the shoot out/ when they were stuck in flat number 9. Then the book became clear to me about what it was attempting to …

Posted in Blogs, Piglia | Tagged with crime, Deviance, Justice, Law, money, Outlaws, sexuality, society, violence

Money to burn

I really wanted to like this book, but I did not. In fact, I hated it. First of all, why were there so many nicknames?! I may be the only one who feels this way but I kept getting so confused with the amount of nicknames the characters had.  And the never ending chapters, it […]

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Money to Burn – My First Rant

I absolutely did not like Money to Burn by Ricardo Piglia at all. It started off very promising with an exciting start, quickly jumping into action. Although, as the book continued, and I learned more about the characters, I just began to loathe it. I am not a ranting type of person but this book […]

Posted in Blogs, Piglia | Tagged with crime, money, Ricardo Piglia, violence, women

Money to Burn – Criminality and Justice

Among all the novels that I have read so far, “Money to Burn” is definitely unique in the sense that its narrative style is not constrained to one single genre. Though I know that the novel is based on a true event that happened in Argentina, I find the constant switching of narration interesting; I […]

Posted in Blogs, Piglia | Tagged with life, narration, Realism, truth, violence

Money to Burn-Ricardo Piglia

First of all, I must admit that this is a genre of novels I am not particularly interested in, those about robbery, crime, and the like. So, before reading this book, I had already formed my opinion about it. After finishing it, I feel that although it is not much different from what I expected, […]

Posted in Blogs, Piglia | Tagged with crime, dislike, drug, money, problem, robbery, violence

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