Ram n Pagano disfruta de una condici n que lo enorgullece: es el nico habitante del pa s que sabe qu d a y a qu hora morir . Primer sentenciado a muerte en m s de cien a os, comparte, a veces jubiloso y en otras melanc lico, sus ltimos cincuenta d as. Una complicada agenda lo devora: recibe las visitas de su madre y de su novia sin entender por qu las mortifica tanto su condena; departe con el juez que lo sentenci , quien al tiempo que se disculpa pugna por los derechos de transmisi n de la ejecuci n; escribe discursos para el presidente de la Rep blica y asesora a su gabinete, y discurre sobre la existencia de Dios con el confesor que le asignan y con el secretario de Comunicaciones, quien le encomienda disipar tal duda desde el m s all . Mientras tanto, Ram n Pagano va desmontando la historia que lo llev a prisi n, desde sus primeras fechor as hasta su incorporaci n a un poderoso c rtel, del que lleg a ser operador financiero gracias a su descomunal memoria y a su ins lita habilidad para lavar dinero. Con la difusa precisi n de las pesadillas y con un sentido del humor contenido y afilado, Los ltimos d as de Ram n Pagano nos recuerda que toda vida es una cuenta regresiva, aunque la mayor a no tengamos el pesar o el privilegio de saber en qu n mero estamos parados. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Ramon Pagano enjoys a privilege that makes him feel proud and unique: he is the only person in the country who knows what day and time he will die. He is the first person sentenced to death in more than a hundred years, and so he shares his last fifty days on earth which are sometimes happy and at times sad and gloomy. He has an extremely full agenda during those days: his mother and his girlfriend visit him as he fails to understand why they are so distraught by his sentence; he receives a visit from the judge who sentenced him, who while he’s asking for forgiveness fights for the rights to live stream the execution; he writes speeches for the President and becomes an advisor to his cabinet; and he also debates God’s existence with the clergy that was assigned to him. Meanwhile, Ram n Pagano narrates, piece by piece, the personal story that led him to prison, starting from his first small offenses to joining a powerful cartel. With the vague precision of a nightmare and a restrained and piercing sense of humor, Los ltimos d as de Ram n Pagano / Ramon Pagano’s Last Days reminds us that life is a countdown, even though most of us do not have the privilege of knowing which will be our final day.
