After Rita is found dead in the bell tower of the church she used to attend, the official investigation into the incident is quickly closed. Her sickly mother is the only person still determined to find the culprit. Chronicling a difficult journey across the suburbs of the city, an old debt and a revealing conversation, this book unravels the secrets of its characters and the hidden facets of authoritarianism and hypocrisy in our society.
General Note
Translated from the Spanish by Frances Riddle. Includes an afterword by Fiona Mackintosh.