de Robertis, Carolina — The Gods of Tango

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine historical novel set in 1913 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a bit, fat, sprawling novel. From the publisher's blurb, "When seventeen-year-old Leda, clutching only a suitcase and her father's cherished violin, arrives in Buenos Aires, she is shocked to find that the husband she has travelled across an ocean to reach has been killed. Unable to return home, alone, and on the brink of destitution, she is seduced by the tango, the dance that underscores life in her new city. Leda knows, however, that she can never play in public as a woman, so she disguises herself as a young man to join a troupe of musicians. In the illicit, scandalous world of brothels and cabarets, the lines between Leda and her disguise begin to blur, and romantic longings that she has long kept suppressed are realized for the first time." Likely later printing of the First Edition. Red remainder dot along bottom edge, else a nice-looking, structurally sound hardcover, bound in two-tone, red peper over boards, burgundy cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, a bit worn and lightly waffled. 367 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Very Good,