Our Lady of the Assassins by Fernando Vallejo
Fernando, a writer, returns to Medellin after an absence of thirty years. He meets Alexis, sixteen years old, a male prostitute and a hitman - a Medellin child - with whom he falls in love. But their tender love is doomed. Alexis needs no reason to kill: like an Angel of Death he opens fire on anybody who rubs him the wrong way. Fernando and Alexis are bound by an intense passion as they wander from church to church, murder to murder. When Alexis is finally killed himself, Fernando unwittingly takes up with his killer. Reminiscent of the best of Genet, Our Lady of the Assassins is a dark, fierce book that squarely lays the blame for Colombia's tragedy on the church and the political elite.
Rooted in heartbreaking experience and crackling with humour, insolence and diatribes -- Mario Vargas Llosa
Our Lady of the Assassins crackles with the dark, self-mocking humour which is part of the rich tradition of Latin American literature -- Ben Richards
Our Lady of the Assassins crackles with the dark, self-mocking humour which is part of the rich tradition of Latin American literature -- Ben Richards
Born in Medellin, Colombia in 1942, Fernando Vallejo has directed three films, written several screenplays and eight books, including several novels. He is regarded as the first Latin American novelist to have broken with the tradition of 'magical realism'. This is the first translation of his work into English.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852426477 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852426470 |
| Title | Our Lady of the Assassins |
| Author | Fernando Vallejo |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2001-08-16 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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