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Bondoux A.-L., The Killers Tears — 2006
It begins when a brutish killer, Angel Allegria, murders a man and woman who live in a small, rough house at 'nearly the end of the world, close to the southernmost tip of Chile, which resembles lace in the cold Pacific waters.' He spares their child, Paolo Poloverdo, to make him soup, and slowly, very slowly, the child's dependence on him opens the killer's soul to glimmers of light. Later, a stranger arrives at the door. Luis Secunda is the well educated son of a rich wine merchant. After circumstances, and the boy, save him from an early grave, Luis reads poetry to Angel and Paolo in the evenings, and rivalry grows between the men for the child's affection. When their old goats start to die, the trio make the long expedition to the Punta Arenas fair in search of a cow, sheep and supplies, leading to many new experiences for Paolo, a surprising betrayal, and flight to the forest where they meet the old man, Ricardo
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