by Santiago Roncagliolo · Atlantic Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781843548317
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«Red April» is the mystery and suspense novel by Santiago Roncagliolo, published by Atlantic Books in hardcover (288 pages, in English).
During Peruvian Holy Week, prosecutor Félix Chacaltana Saldívar investigates the discovery of a burned and mutilated corpse in Ayacucho, a land marked by the war against Shining Path. The case, which at first seems an isolated crime, uncovers a network of corruption, torture and disappearances that reaches spheres of power and forces the protagonist to confront the latent violence of his country.
Novel winner of the Alfaguara Novel Prize 2006 and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2011. First installment in the series starring Félix Chacaltana. English translation by Edith Grossman.
Santiago Rafael Roncagliolo Lohmann is a Peruvian writer, screenwriter, translator and journalist. He has written five novels about fear. He is also author of a trilogy of non-fiction books on Latin America during the twentieth century.
