La Virgen de los Sicarios/ Our Lady of the Assassins
, by Vallejo, Fernando- ISBN: 9788466368506 | 8466368507
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/30/2007
It is stranger than fiction and worst than a horror movie. Set in Medellín, La Virgen de los Sicarios is a shout of protest against the violence destroying Colombia. The protagonist, Fernando, has a lover who is killed, and Fernando unwittingly takes up with the youngster who did the killing. The killings typical of the real Medellín are taken to the absurd in a dark, sharp book that blames the church and the political elite for Colombia's tragedy.