A History Of Money: A Novel

"In A History of Money, Argentine novelist Alan Pauls frames a brilliant and absorbing tale through the lens of money and materialism. Translated by Ellie Robins, the novel delves into the troubled political and economic history of Argentina. As great stories often do, it begins with a body, that of a steel company executive who is sent to deliver an attache case full of money but dies in a helicopter crash. Was this event an accident or a planned execution? The unnamed narrator asks these questions while also weaving in stories concerning his personal history with money and how it complicates our lives. Pauls’ book is beautifully textured and chock-full of sentences that dazzle consistently."