Critically acclaimed novelist Francisco Goldman visits Zócalo to discuss the themes of his first nonfiction book, The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop? While telling a story as rich in human drama, enigma, and surprise as any novel, Goldman explores the murder of Guatemala’s leading human rights activist, Bishop Juan Gerardi. Known in Guatemala as “The Crime of the Century,” the Bishop Gerardi murder case, with its unexpectedly outlandish scenarios and sensational developments, confounded observers and generated extraordinary controversy. After nine years of intrepid reporting, Goldman gets to the bottom of the case, and in so doing, opens a window on the reality of mara youth gangs, organized crime, and the state of human rights in Central America
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