An Open Secret

Darío Ezcurra is one of the thousands of Argentinians unlucky enough to be "disappeared" by the military government—murdered by the local chief of police with the complicity of his friends and neighbors. Twenty years later, young Fefe returns to the town where Darío met his fate and attempts to discover how the community let such a crime happen. Lies, excuses, and evasions ensue—desperate attempts to deny the guilty secret of which the whole community is afraid. Carlos Gamerro lives in Buenos Aires and has published five novels, a book of short stories, and numerous works of literary criticism.