num_pages: 176
description: On the afternoon when Angel Allegria arrives at the Poloverdos’ farmhouse, he kills the farmer and his wife. But he spares their child, Paolo – a young boy who will claim this as the day on which he was born. Together the killer and the boy begin a new life on this remote and rugged stretch of land in Chile.Then Luis Secunda, a well-to-do and educated fellow from the city descends upon them. Paolo is caught in the paternal rivalry between the two men. But life resumes its course . . . until circumstances force the three to leave the farm. In doing so, Angel and Luis confront their pasts as well as their inevitable destinies – destinies that profoundly shape Paolo’s own future.
language: English
title: The Killer's Tears
titlecomplete: The Killer's Tears
genres: Crime, Young Adult, Bande Dessinée, Novels, Roman, France, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Cultural, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 2153
places: Chile
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Batchelder Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Prix Sorcières, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Prix Ados Rennes Ille-et-Vilaine
publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers