by Leonardo Padura · Maxi-Tusquets · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483839225
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«Herejes» is the crime novel by Leonardo Padura, published by Maxi-Tusquets in paperback (528 pages, in Spanish).
In 1939, the S. S. Saint Louis, with nine hundred Jews fleeing Nazi Germany, waits off Havana; the Kaminskys trust in a hidden Rembrandt, but the landing fails. In 2007, the auction of the canvas brings Elías, Daniel's son, to the city; with Conde he investigates the painting, the crime that marked his father, and the Jew who posed for Christ.
Featuring investigator Mario Conde, the usual protagonist of Padura's detective novels; winner of the Ciudad de Zaragoza Historical Novel Prize.
A read for those seeking detective fiction with a historical backdrop, the memory of the Jewish exodus, and the settings of Havana.
Leonardo de la Caridad Padura Fuentes is a Cuban novelist and journalist best known for his Mario Conde detective novels and for El hombre que amaba a los perros (2009). In 2012, Padura was awarded the National Prize for Literature, Cuba's national literary award. In 2015, he was awarded the Premio Principe de Asturias de las Letras of Spain.
