Asesina íntima
| Title | Asesina íntima |
|---|---|
| Author | Esquinca, Bernardo |
| Publisher | Almadía Ediciones, S. A. P. I. de C. V. |
| Imprint | Almadia |
| ISBN | 9786078851188 |
| Edition number | 2 |
| Publication year | 2024 |
| Pages | 264 |
| Format | Printed |
| THEMA | Fiction and Related items |
| Synopsis | Between 2003 and 2006, the corpses of elderly women appeared in lonely rooms in Mexico City, victims of a particular cruelty. One of the most venerated symbols of the Mexican idiosyncrasy had become prey to an elusive anger. With authorities incapable of putting a stop to this succession of murders, indignation and fear spread throughout the city. Thus arose the legend of the Mataviejitas, an entity created by crime news and urban folklore as responsible for the mysterious crimes. Faithful to his most notable obsessions, and without fear of exploring new narrative territories, Bernardo Esquinca returns to dissect this peculiar media phenomenon. Through the voices of various characters involved in the case – an obsessive criminalist, a gluttonous investigator, ambitious police agents, a committed crime reporter – the Mexican master of terror constructs an ambitious and ferocious polyphonic novel thanks to which we also learn the story of Chana Barrera, the woman behind the legend; an enigmatic wrestling fan who, after seeing all her hopes shattered, decides to undertake one last, brutal attempt to avoid ending up, herself, surrendered on the canvas. |
| foreign rights contact | Elizabet Osorio Osorio |
| eosorio@corporativoventura.mx |
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