The last days of Ramón Pagano

Ramón counts down his final days on death row in Alejandro Hernández Palafox’s novel The Last Days of Ramón Pagano. As he copes with the knowledge of his death date, Ramón grants readers a view into his mind through this prison diary narrative and shares his most intimate thoughts, his day-to-day life, the visits he receives while in prison, and how he became the first citizen in over one-hundred years to be executed in a fictional Mexico where the death penalty has been brought back. Told with sharp a wit and sense of humor, The Last Days of Ramón Pagano reminds of us all how finite life is though the majority of us don’t have the privilege or weight of knowing just exactly how finite.

An introduction to the translation takes a look at the many voices and identities Ramón juggles while in prison while discussing the translation process. A brief analysis of the current relevance the novel currently has in society concerning genre, the author, and themes found in the novel is also discussed.

The translation consists of chapters 50-12 (the chapters count down from 50 to 0.)