Hey Guys! Sorry for posting this a week late. It's been a busy week here! I figured an extra week wouldn't hurt for those who are reading along but not quite caught up yet.

I returned my book a few weeks ago, so I'm going off memory here...forgive me if I get some of the details wrong!

Ok, so Part 4 is when Nelson finally returns to the capital. We learn that Mrs. Anabel (Rogelio's mother) died from the fall that came from the shock of Nelson leaving. Since Jaime has his documents and knows his home address, he is too afraid to go back there, and instead opts to stay with Patalarga in his run-down theater. While visiting with Henry, he confides that he has the sense of being followed--a station wagon has been following him around for a few days now. Henry, scared for Nelson, decides to take him to visit Ixta at her new job, rather than letting him walk. Sure enough, on the drive there, Henry notices they are being followed by that same station wagon. Ixta, now noticeably pregnant (with Mindo's child), spends some time with him, but ultimately tells him that she can't be with him.

Mindo finds out about this visit from Ixta's boss, and gets drunk and goes and finds Nelson at the theater. After banging on the door for a while, Nelson agrees to go out on a walk with him and talk. Things are relatively normal until they get to a bar, a fight breaks out, they're kicked out, the fight resolves itself, and they continue walking into a dark alley. According to Nelson, in that alley several men jump out of the station wagon and begin attacking the two men. Nelson manages to escape, and spends the rest of the night wandering around the city. In the morning, he walks to Ixta's apartment, and walks right into the police--Mindo had been stabbed to death the night before. Since Nelson was the last to be seen with Mindo, and has motive to kill him, he is arrested.

In Part 5 we learn more about our narrator--he is an intrepid young journalist who stumbled upon the story based on his time in T____. He follows Nelson through his trial, conviction, and his getting sent to Collectors (the very same prison that Henry was in, and where Rogelio died). He becomes friendly with Nelson's family and friends, and is thoroughly convinced of Nelson's innocence. In the last scene, he is visiting Nelson for the first time in Collectors. While there, he is suddenly not as sure of Nelson's innocence........
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So, mainly I just want to know what did everyone think of the book? Of the ending? What about Nelson's latest acting "role"? Finally, do you think that Nelson did it???

I have to run this morning, and I'll post my thoughts later today or tomorrow.

Thanks for having me as host, it was fun! Now who's doing the next one??