Since they shot her at point-blank range while she was being kissed, she confused the pain of love with that of death.' So begins Rosario Tijeras, Jorge Franco's eponymous novel of a violent, violated woman on the run in Medellin, Colombia. 'This is one of the Colombian authors I would like to pass on the torch to.' - Gabriel Garcia Marquez 'An, intense, raw portrait of l'amour fou.' - Kirkus Reviews'