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06.10: Paolo Bacigalupi
2015-05-18 22:04:43| Powells Books Events Calendar
National Book Award finalist Paolo Bacigalupi, author of The Windup Girl, delivers The Water Knife (Knopf), a near-future thriller that casts new light on how we live today — and what may be in store for us tomorrow. The American Southwest has been decimated by drought. Nevada and Arizona skirmish over dwindling shares of the Colorado River, while California watches, deciding if it should just take the whole river all for itself. Into the fray steps Las Vegas water knife Angel Velasquez. Detective, assassin, and spy, Angel "cuts" water for the Southern Nevada Water Authority and its boss. As bodies begin to pile up and bullets start flying, Angel and two others find themselves pawns in a game far bigger, more corrupt, and dirtier than any of them could have imagined.
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