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Book Details
- ISBN 9781846686672
- 21 August 2008
- 256 pp
- Paperback
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Translated by
Nick Caistor
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Synopsis
Pepe Carvalho, ex-cop, ex-marxist and constant gourmet, is working as a private detective in Barcelona, when a body is pulled out of the sea, its face so badly destroyed that the only way of identifying it is through a tattoo that says: ‘Born to raise hell in hell’.
A local hairdresser hires Carvalho to find out who the man is. Meanwhile, the Barcelona police make a connection between the murder and local drug dealers and prostitutes, and they begin raiding bars and brothels.
A lead on the identity of the murdered man brings Carvalho to Amsterdam, where he gets entangled with a drug gang. As the pace accelerates, Carvalho realises that this is no straightforward John Doe case.
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 is a writer who is caustic about the powerful and tender towards the oppressed' TLS
‘Montalbán does for Barcelona what Chandler did for Los Angeles – he exposes the criminal power relationships beneath the facade of democracy’ Guardian
‘An inventive and sexy writer... warmly recommended’ Irish Independent
'Montalban writes with authority and compassion - a Le Carré-like sorrow' Publishers Weekly
‘Fantastically evocative Catalonian thrillers’ Sunday Telegraph