Beautiful Abyss

With biting irony and without the slightest deference, the narrator sharply takes his interlocutors to task. The charges against him are serious, but the young man claims to regret nothing. The reasons that drove him to anger and crime are revealed: a cold father who always humiliated and ignored him; a society governed by appearances and ubiquitous religion; the unshared domination of the strong over the weak; poverty, squalor, contempt for animals and the environment. Fortunately, he has Bella, the dog he rescued as a puppy, against his parents' wishes. Together they grew up, protected each other, and grew strong. Between them, unconditional love. But in this country, the government orders dogs to be killed "so that rabies does not spread among the people." Yet rabies is already there. So when Bella is killed, he simply has to avenge her.