"A riveting novel and an important historical document....Always gripping."--Richard Got
"This important and powerful novel...lyrically translated from the Portuguese. Highly recommended."--Lindsey Hilsum
"A substantial literary work."--Hamilton Pereira (Pedro Tierra)
"Few tales have left such an impression on me, both for the tragic force of the narrative and for the feeling of revolt that it arouses."--J. Guinsburg
"I couldn't stop reading from the first page to the last."--Gilberto Maringoni
"A masterpiece...unique."--Alipio Freire
"A remarkable book! One of the best accounts, perhaps the very best, written on the theme of the disappeared."--Vladimir Sachetta