Stunning for its self-assured and nimble clarity of stylereminiscent of classic noir fiction the inexorable momentum of its plot, and the moral complexity of its concerns, Red April is at once riveting and profound, informed as it is by deft artistry in the shaping of conflict between competing venalities. As it unfolds by propulsive twists and turns full of paradoxes and surprises Saldivar is compelled to confront what happens to a man and a society when death becomes the only certainty in life. But, inexplicably, he has been put in charge of a bizarre and horrible murder investigation. Until now he has lived a life in which nothing exceptionally good or bad has ever happened to him. Mother-haunted, wife-abandoned, literature-loving, quietly eccentric Felix Chacaltana Saldivar is a hapless, by-the-book, unambitious prosecutor living in Lima. It evokes Holy Week during a cruel, bloody, and terrifying time in Perus history, shocking for its corrosive mix of assassination, bribery, intrigue, torture, and enforced disappearance a war between grim, ideologically-driven terrorism and morally bankrupt government counterinsurgency. Remarkable for its self-assured and nimble clarity of style, 'Red April' is at once riveting and profound.A chilling, internationally acclaimed political thriller, Red April is a grand achievement in contemporary Latin American fiction, written by the youngest winner ever of the Alfaguara Prize one of the most prestigious in the Spanish-speaking world and translated from the Spanish by one of our most celebrated literary translators, Edith Grossman. As it unfolds by propulsive twists and turns - full of paradoxes and surprises - Saldivar is compelled to confront what happens to a man and society when death becomes the only certainty.

'Red April' evokes Holy Week during a cruel, bloody, and terrifying time in Peru's history, shocking for its corrosive mix of assassination, bribery, intrigue, torture, and enforced disappearance - a war between grim, ideologically driven terrorism and morally bankrupt government counterinsurgence. Translated by one of our most celebrated literary translators, Edith Grossman, 'Red April' is quite simply a must read for anyone who loved Roberto Bolano's 'The Savage Detectives and 2666'. This is an internationally acclaimed political thriller by one of Latin America's most important and exciting young writers, the winner of Spain's coveted Alfaguara Prize.

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