A review by tony_from_work
His Name was Death by Rafael Bernal

5.0

This is a great book about the limitations of diplomacy and the doomed nature of colonialism. It's the perfect counterpoint to a lot of the colonial fiction most English-speaking audiences read in high school, like Conrad or Kipling. It has an amusing, darkly satirical tone, peppered with timeless insights into the impossibility of ethically and practically imposing one culture upon another.