Southern Seas

Resumen del libro

The body of Stuart Pedrell, a powerful businessman, is found in a Barcelona suburb. He had disappeared on his way to Polynesia in search of the visionary spirit of Paul Gauguin.
Who better to find the killer of a dead dreamer than Pepe Carvalho, overweight bon viveur and ex-communist? The trail for Pedrell's killer unearths a world of disillusioned lefties, graphic sex and nouvelle cuisine - major ingredients of post-Franco Spain. A tautly-written mystery with an unforgettable - and highly unusual - protagonist.


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 writes with authority and compassion - a Le Carré-like sorrow' Publishers' Weekly

'Montalbán is a writer who is caustic about the powerful and tender towards the oppressed' TLS

Biografía del autor

Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939-2003), autor multidisciplinar, cultivó la narrativa, la poesía, el ensayo, la crítica y el periodismo, aunque alcanzó el éxito nacional e internacional con la serie de novelas protagonizadas por el detective Pepe Carvalho. Considerado como uno de los maestros del género policiaco en lengua castellana y como uno de los más influyentes intelectuales españoles del siglo XX, ganó, entre otros, el Premio Nacional de Narrativa, el Premio de la Crítica y el Premio Nacional de las Letras.