The Killer's Tears (15 page)

In Chile, the death penalty was given for the last time in 1985, and was officially abolished in 2001.

Anne-Laure Bondoux was born near Paris in 1971. She has written several novels for young people in varied genres and has received numerous literary prizes in her native France. Her previous novels published in the United States are
The Destiny of Linus Hoppe
and its companion,
The Second Life of Linus Hoppe. The Killer's Tears
was awarded France's prestigious Prix Sorcières.

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The killer's tears / Anne-Laure Bondoux; translated from the French by Y. Maudet.

Summary: A young boy, Paolo, and the man who murdered his parents, Angel,
gradually become like father and son as they live and work together on the remote
Chilean farm where Paolo was born.

[1. Fathers and sons—Fiction. 2. Metamorphosis—Fiction. 3. Interpersonal relations—

Fiction. 4. Robbers and outlaws—Fiction. 5. Chile—Fiction.] I. Maudet, Y. II. Title.

PZ7.B63696Ki 2006 [Fic]—dc22 2005008845

eISBN: 978-0-307-48673-8

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