One Hundred Years of Solitude meets Succession in this story of sibling rivalry and murderous revenge by nationally bestselling author of Where There Was Fire.
 
“The tales John Manuel Arias spins are as gripping as they are stunningly written. A natural born storyteller of the highest order.” —Justin Torres, National Book Award–winning author of Blackouts

Once a powerful, cold-blooded politician in Costa Rica, Seth Oreamundo is now living in exile in Washington, D.C.—and his younger brother Osario is to blame. Born into a corrupt political dynasty and raised on a seemingly idyllic coffee estate, the Oreamundo brothers were destined for greatness. But a dark family secret and a scandalous double -crossing sent their lives into a tailspin, changing the country forever.


Osario must pay, and Seth decides the only way to do so is to return home to Costa Rica with the goal of feeding his brother to the infamous river crocodiles of their childhood. What follows is a spellbinding story of revenge alternating between Seth’s murderous plans and memories of the brothers’ upbringing. With the wisdom of biblical myth and the soapy wit of a telenovela, Crocodilopolis is a masterful interrogation of power, masculinity, destiny, and legacy from a literary star on the rise.