The Fragility Of Bodies, Olguin - B

                                  This is a fascinating Argentinian novel set in Buenos Aires and featuring a 30ish woman journalist. Veronica comes upon a potential story of kids hit by trains, which she researches and pursues. She starts with the train conductors, many of whom suffer severe emotional trauma after hitting someone. But, the real story is that kids from the ghetto are playing chicken on the tracks, for money and at the behest of gamblers. It's a 100 pesos if you time the jump right. You lose if jump early; you are dead if you're slow. She gets the story, but in a country like Argentina, justice is often partial. This is a different and fun read.