The Murmuration - Carlos Labb

On The Eve Of The 1962 World Cup In Chile, A Retired Sports Commentator With A Secret Ability To Influence Living Beings With His Voice Encounters One Of The Directors Of The Chilean National Team--a Feminist With A Covert Agenda--on An Overnight Train Ride To Santiago. The Director Convinces The Commentator To Return To Broadcasting In Order To Call Chiles Matches And To Utilize His Unique Vocal Power To Determine Their Outcomes. Later, When Chile Is Facing Off Against Brazil In The Semifinal Match, The Plan Diverges From One Of Conventional Victory And The Narrative Bifurcates, Simultaneously Tracking The Action On The Field And A Startling Sequence Of Events That Is Unfolding In One Of The Stadiums Luxury Boxes, And What Initially Looks Like A Story Of Intrigue And Action And An Exploration Of Class Warfare, Representation, And Social Justice, Emerges As A Novel That Enacts The Notion That Art Can Only Transcend Through Collective Creative Action.