Diary of a Sentimental Killer

Madrid: a professional killer is given a new assignment. He is always impeccable for every job, but this time his day has gotten off to a bad start. His girlfriend has fallen in love with a Mexican and this very day decides to dump him. He looks at the photo of his next target and, instead of carrying out the job in cold blood as he always does, he gets curious. He wants to find out more about why he has been given this commission. He becomes careless and even puts his life at risk. In this line of business, that is like being sentenced to early retirement. This is the diary of a long week, the last in the career of the hired killer thought up by Sepulveda. A fast-paced novel written in a dry, incisive style, like the protagonist's thoughts and feelings. A crime novel veiled with a tinge of irony, at times with sarcasm. To be read all in one go. Luis Sepúlveda Diario di un killer sentimentale Guanda, 1996