The Good Cripple

by Rodrigo Rey Rosa

A young man, Juan Luis Luna, is kidnapped in Guatemala City and held at the bottom of a rusty, empty underground fuel tank in an abandoned gas station. The kidnappers demand a ransom; his rich father does not reply. The kidnappers threaten to cut off his son's foot and still hear nothing. They then slice off one of Juan Luis's toes and send it to his father, who still refuses to act. So the next day... The Good Cripple obsessively focused, chilling,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811215660
• ISBN13: 9780811215664
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 8.0"