BOOK / KILL THE CANDIDATE. Bernardo (BEF) Fernandez, F. G. Haghenbeck

GRAPHIC NOVEL

Who ordered the assassination of Luis Donaldo Colosio? That question continues to linger in the air even twenty-five years after the largest political assassination in Mexico's recent history, the investigations and inquiries of which were so surreal as to make even the most far-fetched detective novels pale in comparison.

In Killing the Candidate, F.G. Haghenbeck (author of The Devil Made Me Do It, on which the Netflix series Diablero was based) and Bef (author of Maria Speaks) have undertaken their own investigation, in graphic novel format, through the character of Elsa, a young journalist who is commissioned to write a book on the subject. Drawing on elements such as drawings and fables written by the confessed killer, Mario Aburto, who was mysteriously taken to a beach for two hours, without the presence of a judge, just after the Lomas Taurinas attack in Tijuana, the journalist will delve into the depths of the labyrinthine rot of Mexican justice and politics, searching for answers.

In the end, the only certainty reflected in Killing the Candidate is that we citizens are mere spectators of a perverse theatrical spectacle, where the powerful in power run the country at their whim, sometimes without even bothering to hide their flagrant acts of cynicism or ruthless corruption.

Title: Matar al candidato
Author: Bernardo (BEF) Fernandez, F. G. Haghenbeck
Pages: 64
Size: 21 x 27 cm
Weight: 400 grams
Genre: Graphic Novel
Language: Spanish
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sexto Piso
Year: 201