TY - BOOK TI - The Armies SN - 9780811218641 AV - PQ8180.28.O7 E5413 2009 U1 - 863/.64 PY - 2009/// CY - New York, USA PB - New Directions Books KW - PN3311-3503 Literature (General)- Prose. Prose Fiction N2 - Translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean. The armies was first published in the Spanish language by Tusquets Editores, Barcelona. This edition is published by arrangement with MacLehose Press, an imprint of Quercus, 21 Bloomsbury Square, London WCIA 2NS. An elderly retired teacher is caught up in drug wars which slowly destroy his small town ER -