Review: Argentina rules the world, and S.F., in a sci-fi thriller with pigment-specific weapons
Published on: Sunday 12 February 2023
In Paz Pardo’s debut novel, “The Shamshine Blind,” San Francisco lies in ruins: Abandoned houses collapse “onto shattered sidewalks,” wildflowers climb “through the cracks in the deserted streets” and nobody puts out the “fires burning on the tops of abandoned skyscrapers in the festering remains of the Financial District.” The novel is an inventive blend of science fiction, hard-boiled detective yarn and will-they-or-won’t-they relationship...