Award-winning novelist Francisco Goldman discusses the themes of his first nonfiction book, The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop? The culmination of nine years of research, the book explores the murder of Guatemala’s leading human rights activist Bishop Juan Gerardi. Navigating between stories of killer dogs, mystery cars, and a motley crew of unlikely detectives, the story is as rich in human drama, enigma, and surprise as any novel. In this riveting talk Goldman sketches out the improbable case from top to bottom.
Francisco Goldman is the author of four books--three works of fiction (The Long Night of White Chickens, The Ordinary Seaman, and The Divine Husband) and one work of non-fiction, The Art of Political Murder. His first novel, The Long Night of White Chickens, was awarded the Sue Kaufman Prize for first fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The Ordinary Seaman, his second novel, was a finalist for the International IMPAC-Dublin Literary Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Fiction. The Art of Political Murder was a New York Times 100 Notable Book of 2007 and a Washington Post Book World 100 Best Books of 2007. He has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Fellow at the New York Public Library Center for Scholars and Writers, and he is currently Allan K. Smith Professor of English at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. His fiction and journalism have appeared in the New Yorker, Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, The New York Review of Books, Outside, and many other publications. He lives in New York City and Mexico City.
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