by Eduardo Mendoza · MacLehose Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781782068372
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«An Englishman in Madrid» is a historical novel by Eduardo Mendoza, published by MacLehose Press in paperback (384 pages, in English).
Anthony Whitelands, an English art historian, travels to Madrid in 1936 to appraise a duke's collection. In a city on the brink of civil war, his encounter with José Antonio Primo de Rivera and with Paquita, the duke's daughter, entangles him in a plot in which a hidden treasure attracts Soviet spies.
English translation by Nick Caistor of the original novel «Riña de gatos: Madrid 1936», winner of the Premio Planeta and the European Book Prize.
For readers of historical and literary fiction interested in 1930s Madrid, espionage plots and a humorous tone.
Eduardo Mendoza Garriga is a Spanish novelist, playwright, and essayist. His first novel, La Verdad sobre el Caso Savolta, published in 1975, reflected the social changes as Spain transitioned to democracy, and was very successful. His 1986 novel, La Ciudad de los Prodigios, is widely acclaimed, and he is also known for his "mad detective" parody novels, in particular El Laberinto de las Aceitunas.
