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The explosion left eighty-five people dead and over three hundred wounded. Published in Spanish amid widespread controversy, Once@9:53am imagines the two hours before the attack through the popular format of the fotonovela. Part documentary, part fiction, this vivid retelling of Argentina’s deadliest bombing depicts a vibrant, complex urban community in the hours before its identity was forever changed. 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