by Isaac Asimov · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401496677
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«Asesinato en la convención» is the crime novel by Isaac Asimov, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (256 pages, in Spanish).
A successful writer is murdered during a booksellers' convention in the United States; Darius Just, a frustrated novelist and old friend of the victim, is drawn into investigating. Told in the first person, the novel portrays the rivalries of the publishing world and features Isaac Asimov himself as a secondary character.
The edition is from 1992, in the Los Jet collection from Plaza & Janés, with a translation by Antonio-Prometeo Moya Valle. The original title of the work is 'Murder at the ABA'.
For fans of crime fiction and for those who want to see Isaac Asimov in a mystery vein.
Isaac Asimov was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. He wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Best known for his hard science fiction, Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as popular science and other non-fiction. His work spans nine out of the ten categories of the Dewey decimal system.
