Terror stalks the streets of Argentina during the so-called Dirty War.
The fascist junta brooks no opposition. In the middle of the night or the middle of the day, armed men appear and people who disagree with the dictatorship simply disappear.
Successful lawyer and member of the Buenos Aires aristocracy Guillermo Haynes thinks the junta is fighting a just war. It is only when he falls in love with a young student, who subsequently disappears, that he realises just how dirty the conflict has become.
Based on true events which only now are being fully revealed, Stolen Children is both a masterly novel of suspense and a tribute to those who lost their lives or their children and their grandchildren during Argentina’s period of military dictatorship.
A compelling and wonderfully authentic novel, full of vivid detail and powerful emotion. WILLIAM BOYD
