Synopsis
Bogota has been surrounded for months. The government has fled to Cartagena and the guerrilla’s forces, that already control the south of the city, fight against the army and the paramilitary. While the atrocities in all the fronts multiply, two foreign correspondents, the gorgeous Icelander Bryndis Kiljan and maltes Olaf Terribile, investigate a dark episode of weapons’ traffic between the guerrilla and the national army, whose ramifications will lead them through a clandestine Bogota until finding the clues of a poisoned conflict.

In addition to the wall of Bogota, the excellent story that gives title to this book, Santiago Gamboa reunites a handful of stories whose leading roles are played by journalists in a service mission, in which the Colombian writer shows his mastery of the most diverse topics, from humor and eroticism, to disquieting atmospheres.

About the author
Santiago Gamboa was born in Bogota (Colombia) in 1965. He made Literature studies in the Javeriana University of Bogota and the Complutensian University of Madrid, where he obtained the degree of lawyer in Hispanic Philology. Between 1990 and 1997 he lived in Paris, where he got a doctorate on Cuban Literature in the University of the Sorbona. At the moment he lives in Rome and is a correspondent of France Press.