- B2 Spanish
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The Trumpet That Speaks for the Dead
La trompeta que habla por los muertos
In 1920s Shanghai, the dead leave messages inside a jazz trumpeter's instrument — addresses, dates, names of people who haven't been killed yet. Rodrigo never asked to be their detective. They never asked his permission.
Shanghai, 1927. El humo de los cigarrillos flotaba como niebla sobre el club Magnolia, y Rodrigo presionaba los labios contra la boquilla de su trompeta como si fuera la última noche del mundo. En cierto modo, lo era.
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