Tyrant Memory

by Horacio Castellanos Moya

Book Overview

The tyrant of Horacio Castellanos Moya's ambitious new novel is the actual pro-Nazi mystic Maximiliano Herna ndez Marti nez -- known as the Warlock -- who came to power in El Salvador in 1932. An attempted coup in April, 1944, failed, but a general strike in May finally forced him out of office. Tyrant Memory takes place during the month between the coup and the strike. Its protagonist, Hayde e Aragon, is a well-off woman, whose husband is a political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811219178
• ISBN13: 9780811219174
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"