After his parents are murdered by itinerant criminal Angel, young Paolo and the killer haltingly discover their capacity for love and forgiveness. The two tempt an unavoidable fate when they accept a stranger into their lives and then venture beyond their bleak homestead on the southern tip of Chile.

• Fiction
• Mildred L. Batchelder Award 2007 (Honor Title)
• Age: Older
• Format: Book
• ISBN: 9780385903141

Notes

Published by Delacorte Press. Originally published in French in 2003 as "Les larmes de l'assassin."