The Secret In Their Eyes
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Publisher Description
Part haunting crime thriller, part love story - and now a major motion picture, starring Julia Roberts and Nicole Kidman.
Benjamin Chaparro is a man haunted by his past - a retired detective, he remains obsessed with the decades-old case of the rape and murder of a young woman. As he revisits the details of the investigation, he is reacquainted with his similarly long, unrequited love for Irene Hornos, then just an intern, now a respected judge.
Absorbing and masterfully crafted, The Secret in Their Eyes is a meditation on the effects of the passage of time and unfulfilled desire.
The Secret in Their Eyes was made into the Academy Award winning film of the same name in 2009. Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, and Chiwetel Eijiofor now star in the English remake of this gripping story, to be released late 2015.
'Beguiling ... [A] complex and engaging narrative' Publishers Weekly
'A brutal murder is the starting point for this strange, compelling journey through Argentina's criminal-justice system ... A view of the world as a dark place illuminated by personal loyalties' Kirkus Reviews
'A terrific crime thriller-cum-love story ... strong and simple; I found it gripping' Australian Womens Weekly
'A story that leaves you breathless' El Liberal
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Argentinian author Sacheri's beguiling novel, the basis for the 2010 Academy Award winning film El secreto de sus ojos, Benjam n Chaparro, a recently retired deputy clerk for Argentina's investigative court, sets out to write a novel about a case that has haunted him for decades: the 1968 rape and murder of a beautiful young woman, Liliana Colotto. Chaparro's original investigation into the case became so dangerous that he was forced to flee Buenos Aires until the "Dirty War" officially ended in 1983. Since Liliana's murder, her devastated widower, Ricardo Morales, has devoted his life to exacting vengeance on his wife's killer and on the corrupt political machine that enabled the killer to go free. Chaparro's own unrequited love for Irene Hornos, once an intern and now a powerful judge, gives the Morales case an added resonance. Extracts from Chaparro's novel in progress blur the line between fiction, reportage, and memoir, as do the other parts of this complex and engaging narrative.
