by Fernando Vallejo · Mateu Cromo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466301640
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«La Virgen de los Sicarios» is the novel by Colombian writer Fernando Vallejo, published by Mateu Cromo in paperback (176 pages, in Spanish).
After years away, a Colombian writer returns to Medellín and becomes involved with two young hitmen, Alexis and Wilmar, in a city marked by drug-trafficking violence. The novel is a ferocious critique of the church, the political class and social hypocrisy, with corrosive humor and a stark gaze.
This edition is from 2001. The novel was originally published in 1994 and was adapted into a movie by Barbet Schroeder with a screenplay by Vallejo himself.
For readers of Latin American fiction interested in social critique and urban portraits of Colombia.
Fernando Vallejo Rendón is a Colombian-born novelist, filmmaker and essayist. He obtained Mexican citizenship in 2007.
