HateThe Book Finger, which in 2011 killed his children in a case of vicar violence, will not be published by Anagram. “The anagram editorial informs of the extinction of the editing contract for the publication and distribution of Hate. After the completion of the contractual relationship, all the rights of the work, given in its day to the publishing house, are once again owned by the author, ”said the seal in a statement published Wednesday.
which in principle had planned the publication on March 26, postponed it indefinitely on last 21, following the controversy and the different instances filed by the mother and the Prosecutor’s Office before the Justice. In a statement issued that same day, Anagrama assured “that both the author and the publisher are entitled to publish this work”, although he pointed out that he would wait for “to what the judicial resolutions indicate.” In the end it has not been so. “After the subsequent judicial denial, of the request for precautionary measures of the Prosecutor’s Office that requested that paralysis, the publisher voluntarily maintained the suspension of the distribution of the work, which now confirms that it is final,” they explain in today’s statement.
The work has the testimony of José Breton, the murderer sentenced to 40 years in jail for killing his children, Ruth and José, six and two years old. He also speaks of the life of, the mother of the children, who had requested the paralysis of the publication for illegitimate interference of the right to honor, privacy and the image of the deceased minors. Martín tries to investigate the criminal’s mind, in his motivations and his feelings, while making a reconstruction of the crime and his own personal approach to Breton. The author crossed with him many phone calls and some sixty cards, in addition to visiting him in prison.
The editorial explains its decision in the belief that “in a democratic society, there must be a balance between creative freedom as a fundamental right and other moral principles. Therefore, it considers that the works that are inspired by real facts require a double dose of respect and sensitivity.”
