My Favorite Scar -- Nicolás Ferraro, Hardcover

A teenage girl and her gangster father embark on a road trip toward revenge in this award-winning coming-of-age Argentinian noir.

Fifteen-year-old Ámbar has never known any parent other than her father, Víctor Mondragón, nor any life other than his. On any given Friday night, Ámbar longs to be at the arcade or a rock concert, but she's more likely to be patching up Víctor's latest bullet hole in a dingy motel or creating a new set of fake identities for the both of them.

When a tattooed mercenary kills Víctor's best friend and vows that Víctor is next, father and daughter set off on a joyride across Argentina in search of bloody retribution. But Ámbar's growing pains hurt worse than her beloved sawed-off shotgun's kickback as she begins to question the structure of her world. How much is her father not telling her? Could her life ever be different? And will she survive long enough to find out?

It's kill or be killed in this gritty, devastating coming-of-age thriller from the king of Argentine neo-noir.

Author: Nicolás Ferraro
Publisher: Soho Crime
Published: 01/23/2024
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9781641295154

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 08/01/2023 pg. 8
Library Journal 09/01/2023 pg. 68
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2023
Publishers Weekly 11/20/2023
Booklist 12/01/2023 pg. 106

About the Author
Nicolás Ferraro was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1986. While studying to become a graphic designer at the University of Buenos Aires, Ferraro earned a living by playing poker; now he works as the coordinator at the Center for Crime Fiction at Argentina's National Library. Cruz, his first novel to be translated into English, has been published in Argentina, Mexico, and Spain, and was a finalist for the Dashiell Hammett Award. My Favorite Scar has also been published in Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina. Ferraro's work has been translated into French, Portuguese, and Italian.