Smaller and Smaller Circles

Lead by set about Gus Saenz , with the help of his former student and fellow forensic anthropologist receive Jerome Lucero, they track down and try to decipher the mind of a serial killer, Alex Carlos whom Atty.genus Benzoin Arcinas the head of the NBI investigating team that doesnt believe that serial killer exists.verbal description of the charactersFather Gus Saenz represents the tall,mestizo,and ruggedly handsome non-Christian priest you hope would not be in front of an altar in your wedding, but beside you instead. He is a overlap of an affluent, amiable family, iswell-educated, and witty.Father Jerome Lucero is Father Gus former student, a forensic anthropologist, and his partner in solving the series of killings. He is much younger, but less liable(predicate) to withhold his feelings when agitated or irritated.Posing as a hindrance, the acting director of the police department is somehow a satire of the attention-seeking, media-loving police figure. He not only takes the c ase c belessly, but leads the community in the wrong direction just to make himself look good and seem in restrict of the case.Atty. Benjamin Arcinas.Alex Carlosis the resident dentist-slash-serial killer in this fast-paced novel. He works in the mobile clinic that provides dental and medical check-ups in the Payatas area. It is there that he is abandoned access to the undersized and undernourished boys he needs to fulfill his sick plan. His anger comes from being molested as a child by his PE teacher Mr. Gorospe. uneffective to talk to his parents about the humiliating incident, and incapable of talking to any friends about his trauma, he grows up psychologically impaired and angry.Summary of the novelThe Big roofyThe story opens to Father Emila fellow priest and acquaintance to Father Gus and Father Jeromefinding a dead boys body dumped in the Payatas. A series of investigation has started, and over six bodies are already found suspiciously patterned to one another.Although, Father Gus and Father Jerome are drill hole and most likely sure about the crime being done by a serial killer, the lawyer who heads the NBIs investigating team Atty. Benjamin Arcinas never believed in their theories.The two priests pursued the investigations of the crimes. Double checking all the evidence left by the killer on the corpses curiously the facts that he kills with precision and with symbolshe defaces his victims, and excises the genitals, signs that there is a sexual conflict and a need to rid off the identity of the kids.Figuring out the goings-on of a psychologically disturbed killer, especially if hes very good at hiding it, is fairly difficult. The sleuths go through some complicated twists in their quest to find accuracy and justice amidst the media-hungry personalities who dont give much attention to the case.Deciphering the crime isnt easy. they conducted investigations among the people of Payatas and too within the volunteer medical assembly members assign ed there. They suspect that the killer is one of the men attending to the peoples health. They ended up researching the records of one of the dentistsAlex Carlos. They found out that Alex was molested by his piece PE. Teacher when he was still in elementary school at Payatas. And as a way of bringing out his revenge he kills boys at his age during the abuse. Father Gus together with the troop conducted an arrest. They cornered him inside the medical van. Father Gus got inside the van alone and he tried to convince Alex to pin but before he could speak the killer had injured him using a medical blade many times. He dropped dead outside the van.When Father Gus dropped dead outside the van the troop immediately came forward for rescue and when they saw Alex still holding the blade they shot him. Alex died. And Father Gus managed to escape finish after the fatal injury. The two priests proved their theory and the crime was solved.Reaction to the novelThe novel is actually great,at f irst I wasnt really fire in it because of my first impression on the title but then, when I read the summary at the back I found my self version it even before I could let the teacher check for it.F.H. Bantacans way of writing is really good. It drags you deeper and deeper, as if as you continue reading you were already in the scene and yet nobody sees or notices your existence but you know what is happening, you can see everything and you can hear everything, whisper or thoughts, that are being left. Naturalistic dialogue thats also contributed to the essence of the story, it made it like a true to life story.And last, but not the least, is how the published itthe contain is handy so its more(prenominal) comfortable to read anywhere, anytime.The novel was a thrilling detective story.From reading the novel I got to the idea that, the opponent seeks for justice like most of Filipinos (especially those who are under the poverty line). The police force only pays attention to those cases that will bring them media exposures, I believe this really happens to the kind of society we have now. Justice men should at least look to every case equally.As a student Im also an observer of the happenings in our country and I admit there have been many cases that I watched over the television that had been solved but it is also true that most of them are cases that involve high profile persons. The story opened my eyes to this kind of harassment that maybe a lot of people have been experiencing and yet they cant talk about it to anybody so they tend to let it out trough killing/ violence.This novel changes my view of priest from stereotype to more exciting and analytic life of priest. I love life reading books but previously I read only those that is written by foreign writers but after reading this novel I appreciate it a lot that I am convinced to read more and more Filipino books. My understanding towards people grew deeper and wider. I learned lot of things. The Fil ipino values that were depicted in this novel were the tight family ties- they continuously search for their love ones even though theres a high possibility that they were dead already, warm family and loving- pictured in the family of Father Gus.