Alejandro's Lie
by Bob Van Laerhoven
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Pub Date Aug 05 2021 | Archive Date Dec 15 2021
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Description
Terreno, 1983, Latin America. After a dictatorship of ten years, the brutal junta, lead by general Pelarón, seems to waver.
Alejandro Juron, guitarist of the famous poet and folk singer Victor Pérez who's been executed by the junta, is released from the infamous prison “The Last Supper.” The underground resistance wants Alejandro to participate in its fight again. But Alejandro has changed.
Consumed with guilt by the death of his friend Victor, whom he betrayed to his tormentors, Alejandro becomes the unintended center of a web of intrigue that culminates in a catastrophic insurrection, and has to choose between love and escape.
A love story, a thriller and an analysis of the mechanisms that govern a dictatorship, Alejandro’s Lie is a gripping novel about violence, betrayal, resistance, corruption, guilt and love.
Advance Praise
Voted « Best Political Thriller of 2021” in the Best Thriller Book Awards on BestThrillers.com
"Set in a fictional South American country with a corrupt government that dictates the destiny of its citizenry, "Alejandro's Lie" by Bob Van Laerhoven is one of those rare and entrancing stories that is a little self-contained but offers depth and redemption(...)There is a poetic quality in Bob Van Laerhoven's prose that makes the story sing, and its romantic angle reminds me of "Love in the Time of Cholera." (...)It is a great read, one that pops up in your memory if asked to make a list of memorable stories you've read that are set in South America." --Vincent Dublado - Readers' Favorite - Five Stars -readersfavorite.com/book-review/alejandros-lie
