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Book Details
- ISBN 9781852427009
- 15 June 1999
- 224pp
- Paperback
- 129 x 198mm
Contributors
Translated by
Patrick Camiller
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Synopsis
The body of Stuart Pedrell, a powerful businessman, is found in a Barcelona suburb. He had disappeared on his way to Polynesia in search of the visionary spirit of Paul Gauguin.
Who better to find the killer of a dead dreamer than Pepe Carvalho, overweight bon viveur and ex-communist? The trail for Pedrell’s killer unearths a world of disillusioned lefties, graphic sex and nouvelle cuisine - major ingredients of post-Franco Spain. A tautly-written mystery with an unforgettable - and highly unusual - protagonist.
Reviews
‘Pepe Carvalho is a phlegmatic investigator. His greatest concern is with his stomach, but when not pursuing delicacies, he can unravel the most tangled of mysteries’ Sunday Times
'Montalbán writes with authority and compassion - a Le Carré-like sorrow' Publishers' Weekly
'Montalbán is a writer who is caustic about the powerful and tender towards the oppressed' TLS