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2000s: Parts of a dismembered corpse are found on a rocky stretch of beach in Montevideo
The Ambivalent Corpse
What you need to know before your trail
Parts of a dismembered corpse are found on a rocky stretch of beach in Montevideo, Uruguay, apportioned equally between the Memorial to a German cruiser sunk in World War II and the Memorial to Jews killed in the Holocaust. Because of the murder victim’s strategic location shared between two antithetical monuments, the Uruguayan press names her “The Ambivalent Corpse”. Private detective Roger Bowman and his girlfriend, scientist Suzanne Foster, find themselves traveling through Uruguay, Southwest Brazil, and parts of Paraguay and Argentina to help solve the case. This fast paced mystery has plenty of action, atmosphere, and sense of place. While the novel is basically a hard-bitten mystery story, it bends the genre slightly so that it should also appeal to readers interested in travel, romance, and South American food and wine.
Travel Guide
South America locations Map taken from the book
The places and locations in the novel on the map taken from the book. There’s so many places to travel around in this book! It opens in the harbour in Montevideo where there has been a brutal murder and dismemberment. Parts have been carefully cut up and placed between two important monuments.
1 Montevideo
2 Buenos Aires
3 Rivera, Uruguay and Livorno, Brazil
4 Sao Miguel do Oeste, Brazil
5 Iguazu Falls, Brazil, Iguazu Falls, Argentina and Cuidad del Este, Paraguay
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Ambivalent Corpse
Destination: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay Author/Guide:Jerold Last Departure Time: 2000s
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