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Shooting Down Heaven by Jorge Franco Ramos; Andrea Rosenberg is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2020 Translated Lit ・ Big Other Expertly told by one of Latin America's most exciting voices, Shooting Down Heaven follows the children raised by 1990s Colombia's most dangerous drug cartels and the consequences that shape their adulthood. After twelve years away, Larry comes home to his native country of Colombia after his father, an old associate of Pablo Escobar, is murdered. Larry returns to collect his remains from a mass grave and give him a proper burial...but not before a reunion with his childhood friend, Pedro. Pedro picks him up at the airport to take him directly to the Alborada celebration—a popular festival where fireworks explode over Medellín, and the entire city loses its inhibitions. This is where Larry's story really begins. His long-awaited homecoming quickly becomes a rude awakening. The years of luxury living in bodyguard-surrounded mansions are now firmly in the past, as Larry watches his family—including his ex-beauty queen mother and troubled brother—fall deeper into depression, drug addiction, and the traps of the family business. Faced by an uncertain reality, Larry is forced to confront his family's turbulent history and recla

Who reads Shooting Down Heaven?

Author

Jorge Franco Ramos; Andrea Rosenberg

Publisher

Europa Editions, Incorporated

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9781787702325

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Thriller, Fiction

Rating

4 / 5 (12 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14