The Faint-hearted Bolshevik

Resumen del libro

Short-listed for one of the most prestigious literary awards in Spain before being made into a successful film, The Faint-hearted Bolshevik has, over the fifteen years since its first edition, become an undisputed classic of contemporary Spanish literature.
One morning in a traffic jam on his way to work, a driver is distracted and slams into the car in front. When the woman driving the other car reacts with a torrent of abuse out of all proportion to the incident, the driver cracks and decides to teach her a lesson, by dedicating his whole summer to ruining this foul woman's life. But his plans for revenge are thrown by the sudden appearance of Rosana, his intended victim's compelling teenage sister, and he finds himself and his base instincts severely tested
So, within a story somewhere between comedy, suspense and melodrama, Lorenzo Silva uses his main character to present a vicious critique of today's world of work, and the inner conflicts of a frustrated middle-aged man, which is at the same time a story of ill-fated love with an unexpected twist.

Biografía del autor

Lorenzo Silva (Madrid, 1966) es uno de los grandes referentes de la literatura contemporánea y sus novelas policiacas e históricas suman más de dos millones y medio de lectores. Ha escrito, entre otras, La flaqueza del bolchevique (finalista del Premio Nadal 1997), Carta blanca (Premio Primavera 2004), Recordarán tu nombre, la Trilogía de Getafe , Castellano, Nadie por delante y su reciente Púa. Es autor del libro de viajes Del Rif al Yebala. Viaje al sueño y la pesadilla de Marruecos y de Sereno en el peligro (Premio Algaba de Ensayo). Suya es también la serie protagonizada por los investigadores Bevilacqua y Chamorro; El alquimista impaciente (Premio Nadal 2000), La marca del meridiano (Premio Planeta 2012) y La llama de Focea son algunas de las novelas que la integran. Junto con Noemí Trujillo, firma una serie policiaca que consta ya de dos entregas, Si esto es una mujer (2019) y La forja de una rebelde (2022).<br> VilaSilva