
The Buenos Aires Affair
By Manuel Puig
1973
First Published
3.72
Average Rating
233
Number of Pages
Hailed by The New York Times as an Argentinian tour de force.
Avg Rating
3.72
Number of Ratings
1,043
5 STARS
23%
4 STARS
37%
3 STARS
31%
2 STARS
7%
1 STARS
2%
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Manuel Puig
Author · 13 books
Manuel Puig (born Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne) was an Argentinian author. Among his best known novels are La traición de Rita Hayworth (1968) (Betrayed by Rita Hayworth), Boquitas pintadas (1969) (Heartbreak Tango), and El beso de la mujer araña (1976) (Kiss of the Spider Woman), which was made into a film by the Argentine-Brazilian Director, Héctor Babenco and in 1993 into a Broadway musical.