Shooting Down Heaven

By Jorge Franco

TARGET CONSUMER
• Literary Fiction
• Historical Fiction
• Crime Fiction

KEY SELLING POINTS
• Franco handles his subject (drug trafficking, those affected by it, and those who participated in it) with empathy and without fear.
• In-depth look at recent Colombian history
• Gritty yet nuanced style
• Rachel Aviv on Rosarios Tijeras, https://www.salon.com/2004/01/21/mcondo/
• Franco’s ROSARIOS TIJERAS and PARADISE TRAVEL have been translated into English and adapted for TV and Film (the former is available to stream on Netflix).
• For fans of The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vasquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Delirium by Laura Restrepo, Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez only blurbed two authors in his life—Franco was one of them.
• Franco is a contemporary of Roberto Bolano and Cesar Aira; a well-known talent in LatAm and celebrated “McOndo” writer (writer of social novels that favor gritty realism over magical realism)

• Language: English
• Publisher: Europa Editions
• Release date: May 19, 2020
• ISBN: 9781609455903

Jorge Franco

Jorge Franco was born in Medellín, Colombia. His books include Rosario Tijeras, Maldito Amor, and Mala Noche.