'Cockfight' is one of the best books I read this year. It is a collection of short stories narrating from different perspectives what happens inside the privacy of the home. And it's perfection. In 13 tales, Ampuero performs the unburial of the darkest, deepest secrets kept between four walls. Often troubling, at times disgusting, and always uncomfortable, these stories force the reader to look at life at home from the perspective of what lies behind the peaceful safe-haven it's often described as.

I read it months ago, but I still constantly think about it and recommend it to everyone I come across.