"1979 - 1992" . . "New York (N.Y.)" . . . "History" . "Fiction" . . . "In 1980s El Salvador, a young woman named Lorca is detained in a government torture squad's headquarters, suspected of supporting guerilla forces. There, a bookish new recruit, Victor Pena, is assigned to assist in her interrogation. What happens will return years later to haunt the participants." . . "Breaking Lorca"@en . "Breaking Lorca" . . . . . . . . "A master crime writer trains every weapon in his arsenal on a crime against humanity. A literary novel that treads fearlessly into one of recent history's most shocking moral crucibles. In 1980s El Salvador, a young woman is detained in a government torture squad's head-quarters, suspected of supporting guerilla forces. There, a bookish new recruit, Victor PeNa, is assigned to assist in her interrogation. Before they learn so much as her name ' Lorca ' the squad relentlessly break her, body and soul. It is a terrifying journey into human cruelty and courage, one which years later ' in the pinnacle of cosmopolitan America ' still haunts the tormentor as dramatically as it does his victim. From the Hardcover edition." . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . "Electronic books" . . . . . . . . . "FICTION / General" . . "Fiction." . . "Historical fiction." . . "Soldiers El Salvador Fiction." . . "El Salvador" . .