Maria Leonenko Leonenko itibaren Yenmanu
After reading '2666' I had wanted to read something non-fictional about the crimes in Juarez and happily my local library had this on the shelf. I described Roberto Bolaño's fictional account as a litany of death that shocked me to the core. This is a cooler and more measured account focusing mainly on the victims and their families. It was shocking in a different way and much of that was linked to the disinterest exhibited by the police and other authorities over these deaths. The corruption implied along with the miscarriages of justice, which also featured in '2666', here was somehow worse. A few times there are statements made that the families of victims and activists are "blowing things out of proportion". Certainly a powerful account even if a pessimistic one.