Mi Hermano El Alcalde by Fernando Vallejo

A caustic, first-person chronicle in which the narrator’s brother becomes a small-town mayor, exposing the corruption, vanity, and bureaucratic absurdity of local politics. Through bitter humor and relentless invective, the narrator dissects the complicity of institutions and the everyday violence shaping public life, while his fraught family ties and fierce love for animals sharpen a portrait of a country trapped between nostalgia and moral decay.