Tyrant Memory
“Brilliantly funny and unsettling. Despite his estrangement from his country and his merciless criticism of it, he has put El Salvador on the literary map, giving it an international existence.” (Natasha Wimmer - The Nation)“Castellanos Moya can be a brilliant practitioner of edge of collapse, culling searing narratives of exile and estrangement.” (Julia Haav - Three Percent)“The only writer of my generation who knows how to narrate the horror, the secret Vietnam that Latin America was for a long time.” (Roberto Bolaño)“A welcome, eye-opening addition to this new literature of the Latin American nightmare.” (Anderson Tepper - Time Out New York)“Tyrant Memorystands out because of its scrupulous evocation of an atmosphere of conspiracy and its use of historical events.” (Times Literary Supplement)“InTyrant Memory, Castellanos Moya’s ambitious and deft handling of his characters’ stories and political milieus reveal a writer unparalleled in his ability to portray the anxieties and messy complexities of political and personal turmoil.” (Jeffery Zuckerman - Review of Contemporary Fiction)