by Luis Leante · HarperCollins · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788491390404
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Annobón is a fascinating novel by Luis Leante that blends journalistic reportage and historical fiction. The plot portrays the less idyllic side of Spanish colonization in Africa and the mechanisms of Francoist repression in post-war Madrid. The story begins with a writer's investigation into a mummified corpse found in France, leading to the reconstruction of events that occurred in Madrid and Guinea in the 1930s and 40s. At the heart of the story is Restituto Castilla, a Civil Guard sergeant who murdered the Governor of Guinea, and the lawyer Pedraza, whose lives become intertwined in a series of adversities marked by jealousy, dignity, madness, and obsessions.
Luis Ramón Leante Chacón, commonly known as Luis Leante, is a Spanish novelist and Latin professor.
