Nature of Truth

An obsession with justice leads a young scholar into a web of deceit. This convention-challenging suspense novel represents the next wave of Latino literature, eschewing the stereotypical story of poverty in the barrios or discrimination to explore the differences-and links-between righteousness and evil in the search for moral truth. Helmut Sanchez is a young researcher in the employ of the renowned scholar Werner Hopfgartner. By chance Sanchez discovers a letter written in the 1950s by Hopfgartner mocking feelings of guilt over the Holocaust. Appalled, he digs into the scholar's life, determined to find the truth and finally uncovering the evidence of Hopfgartner's sordid past. Sure of his conclusions, Helmut decides that only one shocking act is morally correct. When he does, the consequences are immense, and the toll taken on his mind and conscience is amplified when one of his friends is wrongly accused of the crime-and is wrongly left to pay for it. Intelligent and literate,The Nature of Truthbreaks new ground in Latino literature, focusing on how a contemporary man of unique heritage-a Mexican-German who has come to America by way of Germany-navigates a complex moral universe and how his journey reflects the tension between justice and righteousness in American life.Troncoso, Sergio is the author of 'Nature of Truth' with ISBN 9780810119918 and ISBN 0810119919.