Marcelo Figueras

Argentinian author Marcelo Figueras talks about his new novel.

Kamchatka is a child's-eye view of the vicious military dictatorship in 1970s Argentina.

Marcelo tells Harriett Gilbert about growing up under the junta and his 10-year-old hero who is immersed in a world of comic books but menaced by very real villians.

First broadcast September 16th 2010.