Disparo En La Catedral = A Shot In The Cathedral

When Rogelio Villaverde finds himself destitute and desperate for employment, he leaps at the chance for work with "The Tribune", a small newspaper in San Salvador. But the recent military coup d'etat brings curfews and martial law. Rogelio's work with the newspaper plunges him into the political melee. He is forced to discard his political ambivalence and take a position. He can no longer remain indifferent in the face of the chaos that has overtaken the lives of everyone around him.

This compelling novel depicts the devastating and heart-wrenching events of the Salvadorian civil war. Not a propagandistic nor partisan view of the strife, Disparo en la catedral is remarkable for its sensitivity, restraint and poetic vision of the tragic and inhuman events and actions that ripped apart not only the nation of El Salvador but also polarized its neighbors throughout the American continents.