Suprise

This book just took one of the biggest unanticipated turns! From the beginning I was wondering what was Uranita's (one of the main characters) problem with her father. So what if he supported a dictator? His income and position as President of the Senate did assure her a luxurios life. So why such abomination where she wants him to suffer a slow death? Well, now I know. And dare I say, she is justified. What an ass! Wow!

Like I said earlier, the book is about Trujillo and his dictatorship of Dominican Republic. As much as he was a tyrant after he was killed, things did fall apart for DR. So not sure if his governing was a good thing or bad. But yes, he did kill scores of people both Dominicans and Haitians.

The prose is simply beautiful -- one chapter in the past, the next in the present. Kinda like Russian Winter but this is about politics, ruling, killing and a daughter's hatred so its much more edge of the seat.

Seriously, read Feast of the Goat. (Goat is the code word the assasins had for Trujillo). Exemplary!