"The Guatemala that forms the backdrop of a portion of this novel is a fictionalized country—nonexistent—despite occasional references to actual events, institutions, and prominent personages. Its greatest unreality may lie in its omissions: impossible, through a mere story like this one, to fully convey—or to exaggerate—the actual country’s unrelenting nightmare."
— An easter egg, or sorts, from the copyright page of the 1992 paperback edition of Francisco Goldman’s novel Long Night of White Chickens.
