Mortal Sins - Softcover

'Roberto Enriquez is a young officer in the army of a South American military dictatorship. His devotion to duty and exemplary moral life leads to a somewhat dubious promotion – to mastermind the extermination of anti-government activists – and a once decent man begins a perilous descent into moral decay...
In this skilful and powerful story, David McLaurin combines a gripping drama of the terrors and absurdities of war with the tragedy of one man's desperate search for forgiveness.

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'This is an eerily well-constructed, well-paced thriller, sometimes stomach-churningly frightening, sometimes lightly comic. With Maugham he shares the ability to construct meticulous, neat narrative and, that most essential requirement, to keep you turning the pages. A formidably talented young writer.'
A.N. WILSON, 'Evening Standard'

'McLaurin's skill is his ability to combine the issues he wishes to address with an absorbing story – an adventure – and to people his tale with characters who, if they do not always have our sympathy, always hold our belief. It is a pleasure to find that there is still space in the literary world for those rugged old standbys: character, action and conscience. He has been compared to Conrad, and the comparison is apt.'
ERICA WAGNER, 'The Times'

''Mortal Sins' has some of the flavour of an action thriller. But it has a deeper purpose than mere entertainment: it is also a study of moral disintegration. Strong on plot and atmosphere...the absurdities of a military regime are conveyed vividly, and McLaurin's omniscient narrative voice is appealingly crisp and intelligent.'
KATIE OWEN, 'Sunday Telegraph'