Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord

Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord | Louis de Bernieres

#BookReport 16/23

The tagged one is the one in Dutch on the photo and the one I enjoyed the least. This weeks favorite were Big Swiss and But You Seemed so Happy. A good week!

Cinfhen

Cinfhen Great week!!! Glad you liked Big Swiss 🧀 I just got tired of the whole thing by the midway point. 2y

BarbaraBB @Cinfhen I agree the first part was the best but I was super curious where it all would lead to 2y

marleed Oh, while I was looking for a podcast bookclub discussion for the tagged, I noticed the current podcast for The Redheads Bookclub was Big Swiss. I didn‘t listen since I haven‘t read he book yet - but maybe it would be of interest to you.

The Measure

BarbaraBB @marleed Thanks!! That sounds interesting indeed 🤍 2y

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BarbaraBB

Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord | Louis de Bernieres

so-so

This is a satirical portrait of what seems to be #Colombia, a country tormented by coca lords and an incapable government. Señor Vivo is very critical of drugs lord Pablo Ecobandodo, who in turns wants him dead. By luck, naivity and magical realism, Vivo manages to survive each attempt on his life. People believe he is a kind of savior and start following him.
A so-so read. Obviously no García Márquez.

#ReadingTheAmericas2023 ??
#1001books

Librarybelle

BarbaraBB #192025 #1991 #Booked2023 #SunshineNoir #BigFabBeatles #MagicalMystery @Librarybelle @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @CSeydel @alisiakae 2y

BarbaraBB #pop23 #BoughtSecondhand @AshleyHoss820 @RaeLovesToRead @KarenUK @Cortg @squirrelbrain @kelly_the_bookish_sidekick @Misshel @ruthiella 2y

squirrelbrain I read a few of this ‘series‘ a while ago, even though I didn‘t love them! 2y

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Ruthiella Interesting! I was gonna go with Florida for this category. So US-centric of me! I so could expand that! 2y

Cinfhen Interesting…I can‘t remember if I read my #Colombia book yet 🤷🏼‍♀️ 2y

BarbaraBB @Ruthiella Lol I would never think of the US for Sunshine noir, but maybe that‘s exactly what the prompt means.. I was thinking of the southern hemisphere 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2y

Librarybelle Lots of challenges covered! 2y

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Currey

Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord | Louis de Bernieres

pick

What launches as a delightful love story with absurdist drug lords in the land of magical realism suddenly wrenches about 3/4‘s of the way through into graphic violence bringing the tragedy of the cocaine trade into sharp focus. I did not totally appreciate the huge amount of characters and the skimpy plot but the writing is lush and the book unique. #readaroundtheworld #colombia

Simona, rockpools, sprainedbrain, BookwormM

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘m glad you have toilet paper 🧻🙌🏻 5y

sprainedbrain Love this whole picture! 5y

rockpools Sounds good! 5y

BookwormM You are quick off the mark this month 👍👍 5y

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Kristelh

Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord | Louis de Bernieres

1. Finished Giovanni‘s Room starting either Senior Vivo and the Coca Lord or Survival in Auswitz
2. Eclectic, SFF or literary fiction
3. Cadbury, but now I eat Vegan
4. @DebBates101 @LibraryCin @1001BooksPodcast

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diovival

Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord | Louis de Bernieres

Another #characterwhosharesyourname for #riotgrams. This is the masculine form of my name. I actually met a Dionisio once. He was standing in the checkout line behind me at the bookstore. It was so fun finding my name twin out in the wild. Hasn't happened since!

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