![]() The story takes place between March 9 and May 3, 2000, some seven and a half years after the Shining Path’s leader was captured and the organization fell into decline. The Ayacucho Region was not only where the Shining Path ( Sendero Luminoso), a Maoist revolutionary organization, committed what it called its first “act of war” against the Peruvian government, it was one of the areas of the country hardest hit by the brutal tactics of both the terrorist and counter-terrorist forces. Associate District Prosecutor Félix Chacaltana Saldívar has voluntarily transferred from a post in Lima, the nation’s capital, to his childhood home of Ayacucho, the capital of a political region of the same name in the Andes Mountains. Red April, the first book by Peruvian author Santiago Roncagliolo to be translated into English, is built around Peru’s deadly internal warfare of the late 20th Century. If that is true, at least we can be thankful that violence doesn’t stem from political warfare. ![]() Although some see that as simply a reflection of reader interest in mysteries or thrillers, others have suggested it reflects an American fascination with violence. Scan almost any American bestseller list and you’re probably going to find a crime novel. ![]()
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