Reading: Sacheri, The Secret in their Eyes, pp. 290-384

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

IV. pp.290-384

  1. What does Báez tell Benjamín to do for the next week? (291-95)
  2. What long-term arrangements does Báez make for him after that? How long will he end up being gone from Buenos Aires? (298-99 & 291)
  3. What explanation does Báez offer for why Romano has come after Benjamín after three years of silence? (302-304)
  4. What final favor does Benjamín try to do for Morales, before leaving town? Does he succeed? (307-308)
  5. How do Báez and Benjamín speculate that Morales murdered Gómez and got rid of his body? (310-12)
  6. What is Benjamín’s farewell to Sandoval at the bus stop like? (313-15)
  7. According to Báez, what is Benjamín’s only alternative to moving to Jujuy? (317-20)
  8. Why does Báez believe that Benjamín will be safe in Jujuy? (320-21)
  9. What brings Benjamín back to Buenos Aires for the first time, in 1982? (324-26)
  10. What does the cab driver think about the Malvinas (Falklands) War? (326)
  11. What has become of Báez and how does that make Benjamín feel? (327)
  12. What was Benjamín’s second marriage, to Silvia, like? Who ended it and why? (328-29 & 332-33)
  13. How does Benjamín react to the presence of Fortuna Lacalle and Pérez’s at Sandoval’s funeral? (330)?
  14. What does Benjamín decide to do about romantic relationships, after he and Silvia divorce? What happens in 1991 to complicate his decision? (333-34)
  15. What is the political situation like in Argentina in 1996? (339)
  16. What is Morales dying of, and how does this relate to his story? (344)
  17. What does Morales ask Benjamín to deliver to Mrs. Sandoval? (346)
  18. What has Morales bequeathed to Benjamín? (348)
  19. What does Benjamín conclude, from Morales’ insistence that he arrive at his house on a particular day? (348-49)
  20. When Benjamín arrives at Morales’ house in the country, what state is the house and property in, and what does it suggest about Morales’ economic situation? (351-52)
  21. How has Morales committed suicide? (356)
  22. In his letter, how does Morales describe his relationship with the townspeople in Villegas over the past 25 years? (358)
  23. What is Benjamín surprised not to find, in a house in the country? (361)
  24. What does Benjamín find inside the shed and how does he react? (362-63)
  25. Once he has gathered his wits, what does Benjamín set about doing? (365-67)
  26. When the police arrive, what changes has Benjamín made in the shed? What does this lead the police to conclude? (373)
  27. What is the weather like on the day of Morales’ funeral and why does this seem appropriate to Benjamín? (374)
  28. How does Benjamín react psychologically to finishing his book? (378)
  29. What new dilemma does he now face? How does this parallel Morales’ dilemma 25 years earlier? (379)
  30. What is Benjamín about to do as the novel ends? What is the effect of ending the novel at this point, before Benjamín and Irene meet? (380)
  31. What autobiographical experience by Eduardo Sacheri gave him the idea for writing this novel? (383-84)
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