Pratt chooses the unyielding figure of señor Habban to represent this aspect of capitalism the man is both extremely powerful but shady and can maneuver the police (inspector Estevez) and institutions at his will. The central theme of the story, around which all the figures move is, however, that of the great Argentine landowners who possess huge flocks of sheep and control the nation’s entire wool industry. In truth, Corto’s decision to go to Argentina is fuelled by his desire to avenge Louise’s death (rather than search for her) and an attempt to track down and rescue her three year old daughter. In 1923 in San Isidro, a suburb near Buenos Aires, Corto Maltese is investigating the disappearance of Louise Brookszowic implicated in “Warsavia”, a Polish organization that traffics prostitutes, whose objectives are explained by Corto’s friends, Fosforito. “I’m not one to judge, i just know that i have an innate dislike of censors, arbitrators… but mainly, it’s the redeemers that bother me the most.”
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