It Would Be Night in Caracas

An urgent literary phenomenon sold in over 22 languages before publication, a gripping tale of one woman-s desperate battle to survive the dangerous, sometimes deadly, turbulence of modern Venezuela.

Karina Sainz Borgo was born and raised in Caracas. She began her career in Venezuela as a journalist for El Nacional. Since immigrating to Spain ten years ago, she has written for Vozpópuli and collaborates with the literary magazine Zenda. She is the author of two narative non fiction books, Tráfico y Guaire (2008) and Caracas Hip-Hop (2008). It Would Be Night in Caracas is her first work of fiction.