Not all are hidden by luxuriant, pointy moustaches... The painter's only novel is a baroque and decadent tale set in the 1930s, first published in 1944.
An excellent Catalan novel from the 1970s, about flight and return, in which the Civil War still looms over the tail-end of Franco's era and modernity blooms. A marvellous evocation of Barce... read more
The mayor of Barcelona is being blackmailed with a sex tape from her student days and there are several interested parties who would gladly see her resignation. The first in a new series by ... read more
The penultimate novel by the great Marías, who very sadly died in September 2022. Themes, characters and ideas resurface throughout his work, both the standalone novels and the astonishing ... read more
Nevinson, the retired spy whom we met in Berta Isla, becomes entangled in the lives of three women. The last novel by this late and much lamented author is labyrinthine and brilliant...