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La virgen de los sicarios

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Fernando Vallejo
Fernando Vallejo

Fernando Vallejo is a renowned Colombian novelist known for his unique literary style and profound insights into the social realities of Latin America. His works often use history and reality as a backdrop to explore the relationship between individuals and society. more

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“We drank the blood of our enemies. That's why you see Gnostics so hunted. The sacrament of the Eucharist is really drinking the blood of the enemy. The Grail, the Sangraal, is the bloody vehicle. Why else guard it so sacredly? Why should the black honor-guard ride half a continent, half a splintering Empire, stone night and winter day, if it's only for the touch of sweet lips on a humble bowl? No, it's mortal sin they're carrying: to swallow the enemy, down into the slick juicery to be taken in by all the cells. Your officially defined 'mortal sin,' that is. A sin against you. A section of your penal code, that's all.”