Santa Evita begins with the death of Eva Perón and follows the strange, contested afterlife of her embalmed body. Tomás Eloy Martínez blends archival research, rumor, and invention to track how the corpse is hidden, stolen, and obsessed over by soldiers, politicians, and ordinary Argentines. The novel moves between documentary detail and hallucinatory scenes, using the fate of a single body to think about myth, power, and the stories nations tell themselves.

WHY WE PICKED IT
Because it’s one of the great political novels of Latin America, formally playful without losing its bite. Santa Evita is a strong pick for readers interested in dictatorship, cults of personality, and hybrid works that sit between history and fiction.

DETAILS
• Author: Tomás Eloy Martínez
• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication Date: July 29, 1997
• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 9780679768142
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