Seconds before his death in a plane crash, the great singer Carlos Gardel sees the images of his life flash before him one last time: how he left France with his mother as an illegitimate child and arrived in Argentina to make music history, how he found a home in the brothels of Buenos Aires, how he stabbed a rival and saved a Jewish man's life, how he met Enrico Caruso on a ship to Brazil, Charlie Chaplin on the promenade in Nice, and finally the Prince of Wales, who accompanies his tangos on the ukulele. This beautiful literary puzzle by Pedro Orgambide about the life of Carlos Gardel is complemented by an afterword from tango expert and tango singer Jorge Aravena Llanca, as well as many photographs. A book for all tango lovers.