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Another prolific writer is Tomás Eloy Martínez (1934-2010). His The Perón Novel
(1988), a fictionalized biography of the controversial populist leader, and its sequel, Santa
Evita (1996), which traces the worldwide travels of Evita's embalmed corpse, were both
huge hits.
Award-winning Ricardo Piglia (b 1941) is one of Argentina's most well-known contem-
porary writers. He pens hard-boiled fiction and is best known for his socially minded
crime novels with a noir touch, such as The Absent City (1992), Money to Burn (1997)
and Nocturnal T arget (2010).
Metegol (Foosball; 2013) is a 3D film directed by Juan José Campanella; it cost US$22 million,
making it the most expensive Argentine movie ever produced.
Osvaldo Soriano (1943-97), perhaps Argentina's most popular contemporary novelist,
wrote Funny Dirty Little War (1986) and Winter Quarters (1989). Juan José Saer
(1937-2005) penned short stories and complex crime novels, while Rodrigo Fresán (b
1963), the youngster of the postboom generation, wrote the international bestseller Argen-
tine History (1991).
The first novel of Federico Andahazi (b 1963), The Anatomist, caused a stir when it was
published in 1997. Its ticklish theme revolves around the 'discovery' of the clitoris by a
16th-century Venetian who is subsequently accused of heresy. Andahazi based his well-
written book on historical fact, and manages to have some fun while still broaching seri-
ous subjects. His prize-wining El Conquistador (2006) is a historical novel about an Aztec
youth who 'discovers' Europe before Columbus reaches America, while his latest book
Pecar como Dios manda (To Sin Like You Mean It; 2008), hypothesizes that to under-
stand the essence of a society you have to understand the web of sexual relations on which
it's built.
Two of the younger generation of Argentine writers are Washington Cucurto and Gabri-
ela Bejerman. Cucurto runs Eloísa Cartonera, a small publishing house that releases books
by young authors made of recycled cardboard collected by the city's cartoneros . Bejer-
man, a multimedia artist who launched a music career as Gaby Bex, released an album in
2007 that incorporates some of her poetry with electro music. Other names to watch out
for are Andrés Newman, Oliverio Coelho and Pedro Mairal.
 
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