Reading: Sacheri, The Secret in their Eyes, pp. 122-189

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Eduardo Sacheri, The Secret in their Eyes. Trans. John Cullen. NY: Other Press, 2011 (2005).

II pp.122-189

  1. What is the effect of switching the narrative point of view to third-person in this and a few later chapters of the novel? Do you think it is justified?
  2. On what mission does Benjamín send Liliana’s father, Delfor Colotto? Why doesn’t he consult with Detective Báez first?
  3. What does Miss Clarisa reveal to Delfor about Isidoro? (126-28)
  4. How is Police Detective Báez further characterized in this chapter? (130)
  5. When Báez sends a policeman to arrest Isidoro Gómez, why does he speculate that the suspect has already vanished into thin air? (134)
  6. What is Báez’s theory about why Isidoro Gómez raped and murdered Liliana Colotto? (136-39)
  7. Why would Liliana have let Isidoro into her apartment?
  8. In what sense was the murder “collecting a debt”? (139)
  9. What did the murderer do right after committing the crime and what does it indicate about him?
  10. What does Báez say about whether murderers feel guilt or remorse? (140)
  11. How does Benjamín react emotionally to Báez’s explanation of his theory of the crime? (142-43)
  12. How does Benjamín explain to Báez, and then to himself, how he picked Isidoro Gómez out as a suspect, from the dozens of photographs that Morales showed him? (145-47)
  13. What are Sandoval’s two modes of self-presentation? (149)
  14. How does Sandoval go about distracting Judge Lacalle, so Benjamín can get him to unwittingly sign some forms keeping the Colotto case active? (151-54)
  15. Who takes Benjamín’s testimony against Romano in the beating of the two laborers, and what does this indicate? (164)
  16. What does Batista order Benjamín to do about the Colotto case, and why? (165-66)
  17. What does Benjamín’s wife Marcela propose that they do and how does he react? (168-70)
  18. In August of 1969, where does Benjamín run into Ricardo Morales and what is he doing? (171-74)
  19. What does Benjamín tell Morales is his purpose for still being alive? (176)
  20. In what sense does Benjamín feel envious of Morales? (177-78)
  21. How does the train conductor Saturnino Petrucci come to arrest Isidoro Gómez?
  22. Why is Petrucci in such a foul mood that day?

 

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