All Men are Liars

Resumen del libro

Where can you find truth in a world that is so thoroughly ruled by lies? That is the question tackled by the investigation of a French journalist who endeavours to shed light on the enigma of an unexplained death: that of the Argentinian writer Alejandro Bevilacqua, found lying on the pavement underneath his balcony in Madrid in the mid-1970s. The few accounts of those who knew him which include those of his last lover, a former fellow prison inmate, a sworn enemy and even the author Alberto Manguel himself are contradictory and unreliable.

Poor devil with a troubled childhood, literary genius and irresistible seducer, ordinary man masquerading as hero, pure and simple impostor these are but a few facets of a mysterious figure in this tribute to falsehood. Between the lines, the reader must discover the only worthwhile truth: the fascinating homage Alberto Manguel pays to literature and its shape-shifting creations, which give infinite expressions to the objects of our desires.

Biografía del autor

Alberto Manguel, ciudadano canadiense, nació en Buenos Aires en 1948. Ha vivido en Italia, Reino Unido, Tahití y Canadá. Actualmente reside en Francia. <br> Ha cultivado el mundo de las letras prácticamente en todas sus facetas -el ensayo, la novela, la crítica literaria, la antología, la traducción y la edición-, lo que le ha granjeado una notable reputación internacional. Algunas de sus principales obras, como Una historia de la lectura, En el bosque del espejo, Noticias del extranjero, Leer imágenes, Con Borges, Guía de lugares imaginarios y La biblioteca de noche, han sido publicadas en Alianza Editorial.