carey

I read a review that said that "the reader will find (the book) suffocating and yet impossible to put down" and I couldn't agree more. The unusual writing style, once I got used to it, only helped in the forward momentum of this horrifying, yet eminently believable, story.
I know little of Argentine history except for the internal conflict some 30 years ago known as the "Dirty War". It was astonishing how while the military junta waged a bloody campaign of repression daily life went on more or less as normal. The book has captured this reality astonishingly well.
It is not an easy book, but definitely worth persevering with.
This is the first in a trilogy, and I can't wait to read the rest.