The Eye of Cybele »

DANIEL CHAVARRIA was born in Uruguay in 1933. Chavarría has worked as a translator of literature into Spanish, and has taught Latin, Greek and Classical Literature. His novels, short stories, literary journalism, and screenplays have reached audiences across Latin America and Europe. Chavarría has won numerous literary awards around the world, including a 1992 Dashiell Hammett Award. His comic suspense novel about a bicycle hooker in Havana, <I>Adios Muchachos</I>, was published by Akashic Books in 2001 and won an Edgar Award.

Daniel Chavarría has long been recognized as one of Latin America's finest writers . . ." —Edgar Award-winning author William Heffernan

Publishers Weekly

The political scandals and bedroom intrigues of sixth-century B.C. Athens swirl around hero Alcibiades, a courageous (and sexy) Athenian general, in Daniel Chavarr!a's (Adios Muchachos) dense, imaginative and often extremely pretentious The Eye of Cybele. The Uruguayan-born mystery writer combines historical fact, Socratic discourse and plenty of plot twists in a novel that ponders everything from the disappearance of the titular jewel to the establishment of a bizarre new religion. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.