Angosta: el miedo de todos los miedos

The crime novel, which in modern literature has become a kind of a new social novel dealing with topics such as different expressions of violence, crime or corrupt societies, is hardly ever separated from its true realistic and urban Aesthetics. However, in order to build a scenario of a noir novel and convey the air of terror and threat, some authors resort to a repertoire of narrative aspects typical for a horror story, thus transforming the reality into a thriller or giving it some fantasy touch. The following article analyses the space configuration presented in Angosta, a novel by Colombian writer Héctor Abad Faciolince and it proposes to interpret the story as a sort of universalistic thriller in which various human fears of an era of globalism and late capitalism get together. Key words: Colombian fiction, violence, Héctor Abad Faciolince, crime fiction