Bad Light

Resumen del libro

'Dear Jacobo, now you are dead, and I am sitting in your apartment, in near darkness, while a few blocks from here, at my place, no one is waiting up for me. Dear Jacobo, now you are dead, I ought to be thinking about who killed you, and yet I think only about who might kill me. . . . Dear Jacobo, youve been murdered and Im thinking about my life. And this hurts, for it has not escaped my attention that it is selfish, when all is said and done, much like when you would try to get things off your chest and Id simply bide my time, waiting for the chance to butt in and get things off mine. . . . Sometimes death. . . illuminates everything. And it is precisely beneath that light when it becomes clear that there is nothing to see.'

After both their marriages collapse, two old friends take to sharing their lives again as they used to. They go out for drinks, have long conversations, and try, all in all, to hide away from the world. One day, one of them is stabbed to death in his apartment. His friend will then seek out the truth. An engaging combination of literary fiction and psychological thriller, Bad Light is the debut novel of the most prestigious short-story writer in Spain. A ruthless reflection on life and the human condition.

Biografía del autor

Carlos Castán es licenciado en filosofía por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, ciudad en la que ha transcurrido gran parte de su vida. En la actualidad reside en Huesca, donde trabaja como profesor de enseñanza secundaria. Museo de la soledad (2000) es hasta ahora su última obra, tras la publicación de Frío de vivir (1997), que fue objeto de una excepcional acogida por parte de la crítica y que ha sido traducida a varias lenguas extranjeras.