But he’s out of his depth and seems strangely at odds with the military and legal rulers to whom he must report. But the carnival-like atmosphere and the procession takes a back seat to the gruesome discovery of a burnt and mutilated body in a hayloft.Īssociate District Prosecutor Félix Chacaltana Saldívar is put onto the case. Holy Week, the religious festival held in the week before Easter, is a significant event on the calendar, and it is in this particular week of March 2000 that Red April is set. Whatever the case, it’s definitely hard boiled, as I guess you’d expect given it’s set in one of the most violent places on Earth: the city of Ayacucho in Peru, where the communist party ( Shining Path) began its bloody reign of terror in 1980.Īccording to Wikipedia, Ayacucho is also famous for its 33 churches, one for every year of Jesus’ life. Perhaps it might be better to describe it as socio-political thriller. Red April by Santiago Roncagliolo isn’t your usual crime novel. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. Fiction – hardcover Atlantic Books 288 pages 2010.
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