Partes de Guerra / War Dispatch

Luc燰 pertenece a un equipo de investigaci鏮, interdisciplinario, enfocado en estudiar el comportamiento humano, las motivaciones del mismo y sus consecuencias. Gabriel, el director del equipo, los ha convencido de ir a la frontera sur para estudiar el caso de una chica de 12 a隳s asesinada, apu鎙lada, por su prima de la misma edad y el amigo/novio de ambas, y en presencia de dos peque隳s testigos de 8 y 10 a隳s. El caso les genera fascinaci鏮 por distintas razones y sienten que pueden hacer una diferencia con su investigaci鏮. Reci幯 est嫕 arrancando los acercamientos a los padres, las entrevistas con los chicos, el intercambio de teor燰s cuando Gabriel sufre un accidente automovil疄tico y muere. Tras su muerte, Luc燰 comienza a descubrir secretos oscuros de ese cient璗ico, amigo, protector, mentor, que la hacen pensar que el Gabriel que crey?conocer nunca existi?

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The winner of the Biblioteca Breve Prize, with In Search ofKlingsor, and the Alfaguara Award, with A CrimeNovel, Jorge Volpi returns with this, his most intimate novel so far.

Luc燰 is part of an interdisciplinary research team focused in studying human behavior, its motivations, and consequences. Gabriel, head of the team, has convinced them to goto the South border andstudy the case of a murdered twelve-year-old girl, stabbed by her cousin of the same age and the friend/boyfriend of them both, in the presence of two young witnesses, one eight and the other ten years of age. They find the case fascinatingfor several reasons, and they feel their research might make a difference.When they just begun approaching the parents, interviewing the kids, and interchanging theories, Gabriel dies in a car crash. After his death, Luc燰 discovers some dark secretspertaining this scientist, friend, protector, and mentor, making her believe the Gabriel she thought she knew never truly existed.