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Red April - Atlantic Cult Classics
Red April - Atlantic Cult Classics
paperback
Published:
5 April, 2018
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Description
The priest adjusted a cross hanging on the wall. It was a black cross without the image of Christ. Just a black cross on a grey surface. The prosecutor did not want to think about the cross burned into the forehead of the corpse...
Félix Chacaltana Saldívar is a hapless, by-the-book prosecutor living in a small town, six-hundred kilometers from Lima. Until now he has led a life in which nothing exceptionally good or bad has ever happened to him. But when a charred and mutilated body, discovered during Carnival, signals the return of a serial murderer, Saldívar is inexplicably put in charge of the enquiry. As he investigates he must confront what happens to a man, and to a society, when death becomes the only certainty.
Prizes
Winner of INDEPENDENT FOREIGN FICTION PRIZE 2011 (UK)
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781786495402 |
| ISBN10 | 1786495406 |
| Number Of Pages | 288 |
| Item Weight | 281 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 198 x 20 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Atlantic Books |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | Main - Print on demand |
Media Reviews
A tour de force * Times Literary Supplement *
Riveting... Red April is rooted in Peru's past and present, but resonates far beyond * Guardian *
The terrible story of a society without hope * Independent *
Violence stalks the pages... A dark and almost unhinged display * Irish Times *
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Author's Bio
Santiago Roncagliolo has been a screenwriter, investigative journalist and political adviser. He was born in Lima, Peru, and currently lives in Barcelona.
Edith Grossman is the award-winning translator of such masterworks as Cervantes's Don Quixote and Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera.