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, argentino-canadiense, nació en Buenos Aires en 1948. Ha vivido en Italia, Reino Unido, Tahití, Canadá, Francia y Argentina. Ha cultivado el mundo de las letras en todas sus facetas (el ensayo, la novela, la crítica literaria, el teatro, la antología, la traducción y la edición), lo que le ha granjeado una notable reputación internacional, así como numerosos premios y honores; entre los más recientes se hallan el Formentor, el Alfonso Reyes y el Gutenberg. Alianza Editorial ha publicado la mayor parte de sus obras: "Una historia de la lectura", "En el bosque del espejo", "Guía de lugares imaginarios" (con Gianni Guadalupi), "Noticias del extranjero", "Todos los hombres son mentirosos", "Con Borges", "Diario de lecturas," "El sueño del Rey Rojo", "Leer imágenes", "La biblioteca de noche", "Una historia natural de la curiosidad" y "Mientras embalo mi biblioteca".