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Overview
A master crime writer trains every weapon in his arsenal on a crime against humanity. In 1980s El Salvador, a young woman is detained in a government torture squad's head-quarters, suspected of supporting guerilla forces. There, a bookish new recruit, Victor Peña, is assigned to assist in her interrogation. Before they learn so much as her name--Lorca--the squad relentlessly break her, body and soul. It is a terrifying journey into human cruelty and courage, one which years later--in the pinnacle of cosmopolitan America--still haunts the tormentor as dramatically as it does his victim.
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- ISBN-13: 9780307357014
- ISBN-10: 0307357015
- Publisher: Vintage Books Canada
- Publish Date: February 2010
- Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.55 pounds
- Page Count: 272
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