Gabriel Urza

All That Followed Gabriel Urza

Publisher Marketing: A psychologically twisting novel about a politically charged act of violence that echoes through a small Spanish town; a dazzling debut in the tradition of Daniel Alarcon and Mohsin HamidIt s 2004 in Muriga, a quiet town in Spain s northern Basque Country, a place with more secrets than inhabitants. Five years have passed since the kidnapping and murder of a young local politician a family man and father and the town s rhythms have almost returned to normal. But in the aftermath of the Atocha train bombings in Madrid, an act of terrorism that rocked the nation and the world, the townspeople want a reckoning of Muriga s own troubled past: everyone knows who pulled the trigger five years ago, but is the young man now behind bars the only one to blame?"All That Followed" peels away the layers of a crime complicated by history, love, and betrayal. The accounts of three townspeople in particular the councilman s beautiful young widow, the teenage radical now in jail for the crime, and an aging American teacher hiding a traumatic past of his own hold the key to what really happened. And for these three, it s finally time to confront what they can find of the truth. Inspired by a true story, "All That Followed" is a powerful, multifaceted novel about a nefarious kind of violence that can take hold when we least expect. Urgent, elegant, and gorgeously atmospheric, Urza s debut is a book for the world we live in now, and it marks the arrival of a brilliant new writer to watch." Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 03/01/2015 pg. 70 (EAN 9781627792431, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 04/20/2015 (EAN 9781627792431, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2015 (EAN 9781627792431, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Booklist 06/01/2015 pg. 38 (EAN 9781627792431, Hardcover) Library Journal 06/15/2015 pg. 82 (EAN 9781627792431, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Urza, Gabriel Gabriel Urza received his MFA from the Ohio State University. His family is from the Basque region of Spain where he lived for several years. He is a grant recipient from the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and his short fiction and essays have been published in "Riverteeth", "Hobart", "Erlea", "The Kenyon Review", "West Branch", "Slate" and other publications. He also has a degree in law from the University of Notre Dame and has spent several years as a public defender in Reno, Nevada.