Scars
ISBN-13: 9781934824221
Contributor(s): Juan Jose Saer (author), Steve Dolph (translated by)
Subject: Crime & Mystery
Publisher Imprint: Open Letter
Publication Date: 19-04-2012
Format: Paperback
Availability: In stock
£14.99
About the book
Scars explores a crime committed by a 39-year-old labourer who shot his wife twice in the face with a shotgun by examining the circumstances of four characters who have some connection to the crime: A young reporter, Angel, who lives with his mother and works the courthouse beat; A dissolute attorney who clings to life only for his nightly baccarat; A misanthropic and dwindling judge who's creating a superfluous Dorian Gray translation; and her killer, Luis Fiore, who, on May Day, went duck hunting with his wife, daughter and a bottle of gin.