by Eduardo Mendoza · Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432231490
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«El misterio de la cripta embrujada» is the mystery novel by Eduardo Mendoza, published by Planeta in paperback (205 pages, in Spanish).
A mental asylum inmate is forced to investigate the mysterious disappearance of several girls from the school of the Lazarist mothers of San Gervasio. The investigation leads to a farce that satirizes morality and social conventions, with echoes of the picaresque and the Cervantine model.
This novel belongs to the series «El innombrado detective o El paciente del Doctor Sugrañes»; the paperback edition dates from 2003.
For those seeking a read with mystery, humor and social satire within the work of Eduardo Mendoza.
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.
