From the publisher: Death of Somoza reveals the inside story of the assassination of Somoza in Asunción, Paraguay in 1980. Alegría and Flakoll, on the recommendation of Julio Cortázar, met “Ramón,” a leader in the Argentinian Revolutionary Workers' Party (PRT) and with his help were able to interview all the survivors of the commando team that carried out the "bringing to justice" of Somoza. Alegría and Flakoll then rewove these testimonies into a narrative that reads like a thriller, as well as giving a vivid picture of the political and social climate of the time. Enlivened by its colorful cast of characters, Death of Somoza is the definitive account of how Anastasio Somoza Debayle was brought to justice. The book is not an apology for terrorism, but rather the chronicle of a tyrannicide.
