Baja California 1979. Viridiana spends her days watching the dead sharks piled beside the
seashore as the fishermen pull their nets. There is nothing else to do nothing else to watch
under the harsh sun. She's bored. Terribly bored. Yet her head is filled with dreams of
Hollywood films of romance of a future beyond the drab town where her only option is to marry
and have children. Three wealthy American tourists arrive for the summer and Viridiana is
magnetized. She immediately becomes entwined in the glamorous foreigners' lives. They offer
excitement and perhaps an escape from the promise of a humdrum future. When one of them dies
Viridiana lies to protect her friends. Soon enough someone's asking questions and Viridiana
has some of her own about the identity of her new acquaintances. Sharks may be dangerous but
there are worse predators nearby ready to devour a naèive young woman who is quickly being
tangled in a web of deceit.--Publisher description.
