“The Islands” inspired in the Falklands, a novel about Argentine lost dreams

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A novel ‘The Islands’ inspired by the Falkland Islands War and written by Argentine author Carlos Gamerro has been published in English. Read full article

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Troy Tempest
I'll buy that book.

Sounds fascinating!
Aug 28th, 2012 - 05:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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sj_ken
If wars were only fought in novels...
Aug 28th, 2012 - 09:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conqueror
“We were winning, winning, winning… and then suddenly we lost”.
Lies, lies, lies....and then the truth.
The story of argieland!
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PirateLove
Sounds like a load of shit, certainly not “Bravo two zero”, by andy mcnabb.

“We were winning, winning, winning… and then suddenly we lost”.
Hahahahhahahha Hahahahahhaa Tards
“Pipe dreams” call it what it is “Failed illegal annexing” , argtard assholes.
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British_Kirchnerist
Will try and get hold of it, sounds interesting. If I'd been at the Festival I'd have asked the author what he thought of Argentina today and Cristina
Aug 28th, 2012 - 11:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brit Bob
Argentine dreams about the Falklands are based on propaganda. As soon as the Argentine people realise this fact they will be able to accept the reality: The Falklands are British.
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cornishair
People like Andy McNabb?. What the hell!
Aug 28th, 2012 - 02:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Condorito
PirateLove,
You would like the book. It is anti malvinista.
Aug 28th, 2012 - 03:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Martin Woodhead
Oh dear piratelove andy mcnabb really?
I hide my copys of his “novels” in pomy girls international covers as thats a lot less embarrasing to be found reading :)
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Furry-Fat-Feck
7 cornishair (#)
Aug 28th, 2012 - 02:58 pm

Walts. Shhhh.
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toooldtodieyoung
Non - fictional accounts of war are ALWAYS much, much better than fictional stories. They are a lot more compelling and much more moving.

You would all do well to read “Forgotten voices of the Falklands” by Hugh McManners ( a veteren of the conflict ). There is a proper, heart - wrenching account of the war.
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PirateLove
come on chaps it was sarcasm,I take it theres no alan partridge fans in the house??
At 1:40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXdaUBSgsVU
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slb
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Troy Tempest
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slb
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toooldtodieyoung
14 Troy Tempest

So that's who slb is!!!

Thank you for that!!! I've been trying to work it out for about 30 mins now and it wasn't until I saw your post that the penny dropped.

slb has been all over this site, posting comments like the one you see at ( 15 slb ) all over the most recent stories.........

That sh*t is getting really old now, y'know? Really old.
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slb
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toooldtodieyoung
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Troy Tempest
@19 sussie

We hold you in contempt, too.

So you now say that you get drunk and say stupid things? We knew that, already.

Do you still say that you live at 1901 Apache in Tempe Arizona?

Or do you lie about your name and address???
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JUBA
#3 conquistador and others.. we are in XXI century...hahahah...guillermo hague said winning, winning....and then suddenly we lost !!! OEA said: british GO HOME !!!!! and guillermo hague go into reverse !!! hahahah LATINAMERICA for LATINAMERICANS !!!!!!!ahahahah, TIME, TIME
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Condorito
Does suzzie actually post comments that say:

“Comment removed by the editor.”

Or do all her comments get removed whatever name she uses.
Fookin funny either way.
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Troy Tempest
@22

:-D
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PirateLove
@21 JUBA, I Love You, you are special, you are one in a million, seriously, 1 in a million people possess just a brain stem but no brain, you are that special one,
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slb
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Malvinense 1833
Malvinas before of the british invasion:
http://objdigital.bn.br/acervo_digital/div_cartografia/cart543215.jpg
http://objdigital.bn.br/acervo_digital/div_cartografia/cart543215.jpg
Port Soledad: http://objdigital.bn.br/acervo_digital/div_cartografia/cart543215.jpg
http://objdigital.bn.br/acervo_digital/div_cartografia/cart543215.jpg
Regards.
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toooldtodieyoung
21 Condorito

I've got one at 18!!!

I'm looking at it as a sort of “coming of age” thing:- Your not a true member of this forum until you've had at least one comment removed.
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Condorito
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Benson
@20 If you're not of Latino extract get out of South America? That's pretty damn racist.
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Faulconbridge
'LATINAMERICA for LATINAMERICANS !!!!!!!ahahahah, TIME, TIME'...
and the Falkland Islands- which are a couple of hundred miles away from Latin America- for the Falklanders. Problem solved, Juba@20.
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Pete Bog
@20
No you're not , you're stuck in the 19th century.
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Musky
@28 B
This JUBA chap is clearly juvenile. Not worth the keypresses. Truly a racist and a fool.
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Falkland Islands
Well those maps really prove a lot, So this means that any map with Spanish on it means the land belongs to Argentina, what a joke. They had better start claiming 90% of the world, oh dear they make me laugh :)
Maluinas is not Malvinas buggered up the spelling too :)
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Pete Bog
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Yep, no 'v' in St. Malo
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