Written by a journalist who knows the question deeply. This book is above all a serious and detailed attempt to understand what happens in the Basque Country. The author´s starting point is universal : the things and facts are not always as lineal as they seem; assertion that brings about an obvious question : ´´what is there behind each bomb or murder attempt which determines the relationship between Basque and Spanish people ? ´´ As for this work, Rui Pereira draws to a conclusion noticed in other countries, in Europe as well. The existence of a low intensity war between the Spanish state and the Basque country. This deduction makes the conflict tragic but it also becomes a big media and publicity deformation. Pereira also analizes this journalistic boom and agrees with Michel Foucault as for the fact that ´´ the truth has got its history ´´. The book actuality, selling success in Portugal reinforces its interest making it one of the most recent essays about the Basque subject.
