The Accordionist's Son Cooking Crocodile Tears

Crocodile Tears

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The Evil Doctor Mucus Spleen

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The Accordionist's Son Cooking Crocodile TearsDavid Imaz has spent many years living in exile on a ranch in California, far from his native Basque Country. Nearing fifty and in failing health, he decides to write the story of his youth in the village of Obaba, and the powerful, sweeping narrative that ensues takes the reader from 1936 to 1999. As a young man, David divides his time between his Uncle Juan's ranch and his life in the village, where he reluctantly practises the accordion, a