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Rachel N.
Luciana comes to the unnamed narrator of the book with a story of how the author Kloster has slowly been murdering everyone in her family. Her boyfriend drowned, her parents ate poisoned mushrooms and her brother was murdered. When the narrator confronts Kloster he tells a completely different story. This book was very odd and I'm not sure how I feel about it. I'm interested in what the other members of my Olympics challenge group end up thinking about this book. ...more
Jessica
Oct 04, 2008 rated it liked it
Martinez explores some of those classic Latin American metaphysical themes here inside the mystery frame - a swift read that leaves you wondering about the blurred distinctions between chance and causality.
Ching-In
Jul 04, 2014 marked it as to-read
Anika
Oct 06, 2017 rated it it was ok