Adios Cowboy Olja Savicevic Celia Hawkesworth Translation by Olja Savicevic, Celia Hawkesworth (translation) 9781940450865, 1940450861 instant download after payment.

Hoping to free her family from the grip of the past, Dada vows to unravel the mystery of Daniel's final days. This American debut by a poet from Croatia's "lost generation" explores a beautiful Mediterranean town's darkest alleys: the bars where secrets can be bought, the rooms where bodies can be sold, the plains & streets and houses where blood is shed. By the end of the long summer, the lies, lust, feuds, & frustration will come to a violent & hallucinatory head.

Farewell Cowboy is a modern & hard-hitting novel. The plot consists of a straight-forward linear narrative, rich in local colour & sentiment. It tells the story of Dada, who returns to her home town on the Adriatic coast, and tries to unravel the mystery of her brother Daniel's death. Daniel, although young, smart & popular, threw himself under a train in mysterious circumstances. In search for clues, Dada meets an array of eccentric characters & passionately falls in love with the young gigolo Andjelo, who is a part of a film crew shooting a Western on the nearby prairie. Slowly & painfully she discovers all there is to know about her brother's death, & how she was betrayed by someone close to her. In her debut novel, Savicevic playfully transposes the genre of a Western into the contemporary world, challenging the omnipotent heroes of childhood & questioning what a hero is today...