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A review by nwiten
Tyrant Memory by Horacio Castellanos Moya
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
5.0
A very interesting sanpshot of El Salvador in 1944 and the politics of the day. The main characters, Haydée, provided an interesting juxtaposition between the anxiety one feels when fighting a dictatorship and waiting for family to be released from prison and the everyday little things we do in life. I was not a fan of Clemens, and felt that part of the book was superfluous, at best, or unnecessarily longer than it needed to be.
I did not like the way this book was advertised - black humour. I did not find the book every humorous. I know which parts were meant to be funny, and at times, they were, I guess, but I really didn't find this to be a novel of "pitch dark humour"
I did not like the way this book was advertised - black humour. I did not find the book every humorous. I know which parts were meant to be funny, and at times, they were, I guess, but I really didn't find this to be a novel of "pitch dark humour"