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Autopsia
The protagonist of 'Autopsy' is a young man obsessed with a dark act from his past: the harassment of a class mate, Laura Buey, whose life he believes he has ruined and whom he has not heard of since. In an obsessive and sometimes delirious peace, the protagonist reviews all the acts of violence that have taken place around him: the urban gangs of his youth, the class conflict, domestic relationships, in literature, family, friendship. The novel, which is something of a portrait of the first generation to have access to the Internet and share and make public their private experiences, is an intense reflection on blame, revenge and parenthood... but also on the appropriation of others' experiences, social networks, on idols and our emotional education.