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Trujillo (Hardcover)
by Lucius Shepard (Author), Michael Swanwick (Introduction) "Each afternoon before he visited the American, Dr. Arturo Ochoa would return home to change his shirt ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 682 pages
  • Publisher: PS Publishing (1 Jul 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1902880854
  • ISBN-13: 978-1902880853
  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 15.4 x 4.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars spellbinding - as usual , 14 Feb 2007
By KK (edinburgh) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Trujillo (Hardcover)
Lucius Shepard is on top form, and this means absolutely spell-binding. I read this novel in one sitting, the way I've tended to read his other work.

Trujillo is grounded in complex psychology and psychopathology, and the 'supernatural' elements are allegorical rather than literal. This makes the story of Trujillo, like all his other writing, universally appealing. The sinister, oppressive pas-de-deux between psychopathic young gringo Stearns and battered, overweight Honduran psychiatrist Dr Ochoa, is gripping because of its many layers. There's the instantly recognisable arrogance of the rich American in a poor Central American backwater, pitted against a fine mind gone to seed in the oppressive poverty, heat and corruption of Honduras. There's the timeless theme of man tormenting woman for his pleasure, and indeed man tormenting man. There's the politics of a dusty, godforsaken Latin American province. I imagine the name Trujillo - also the name of the heinous psychopathic dictator of the Dominican Republic who was renown for his torture methods of innocent people - is not a mere coincidence.

The deeply humane undertones to this profound, savage story of cruelty passed down the generations stamp this hypnotic novel with the Lucius Shepard hallmark where horror and despair almost win against beauty and hope. Almost. There is nothing clear-cut in Trujillo's transgressive worlds, and nothing reassuring.

Lucius Shepard is simply one of the most original and exciting writers working in English today. Why he isn't published in Britain is a mystery that needs an urgent solution.
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