The Blue Hour
Cueto, Alonso
ISBN 10: 0434019410 ISBN 13: 9780434019410
Published by Random House UK, 2012
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A stunning, prize-winning novel exploring the aftermath of the Peruvian Civil War, by one of the greatest living South American writers. Adrian Ormache is a prosperous lawyer living in Lima. He has the perfect life: a great career, beautiful wife, two doting and intelligent daughters. But when his mother dies a series of events devastate his entire view of the past, his parents, and his country. Adrian's mother leaves a letter indicating that she was being blackmailed. Confused, Adrian talks to his brother, who tells him that their long dead father Colonel Ormache, who led military operations against the 'Shining Path' guerrillas during the terrible Peruvian Civil War of the 1980's, was not quite the hero Adrian had always considered him to be: he routinely had POWs and civilian women raped, tortured and executed. His mother's blackmailer is revealed to be one of the Colonel's former subordinates. When Adrian confronts him the man gives him the name of the one
About the Author: Alonso Cueto studied literature at the Universidad Católica del Perú and later at the University of Texas, Austin.
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Title: The Blue Hour
Publisher: Random House UK
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Paperback
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