La fila india

In order to repatriate the victims of a massacre, a young officer is sent to a lost village in the southeast of Mexico. Her first mistake: moving there with her seven-year-old daughter. The second one: opening her house to a survivor. The third: arguing that a criminal group is against Central American migrants. And fourth: trying to resolve the simple question of why no one seems to care. Composed like a kaleidoscope that records all the tones of sarcasm, La fila india is an exciting story that offers us a group of unforgettable characters, a prose that is hard to beat, and the look of an author that registers how to break down the relationship between one individual and the country in which she lives.

Antonio Ortuño is the author of Ánima, El buscador de cabezas, El jardín japonés, Recursos humanos, and La Señora Rojo. In 2011, GQ named him as a writer of the year, and he was selected by Granta as one of the best young writers in Spanish. He is a former reporter and newspaper editor.