by José Carlos Somoza · DEBOLSILLO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497937238
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«La caja de marfil» is the thriller novel by José Carlos Somoza, published by Debolsillo in paperback (240 pages, in Spanish).
In a coastal town in Andalusia, the disappearance of a teenager, daughter of a corrupt magnate, sets off an investigation. Her father hires a former thug to find her, joined by the girl's school tutor. Amid youth gangs, mafias and secrets, the novel plays with the boundaries between reality and fiction.
The novel originally appeared in 2004; this Debolsillo edition, in its Best Seller collection, was published in September 2005.
Suitable for a general audience; will appeal to those seeking a thriller and mystery novel with social background and psychologically charged characters.
José Carlos Somoza Ortega is a Spanish author. He was born in Havana, Cuba. In 1960 his family moved to Spain after being exiled for being from a bourgeoisie class. His family proved to be in difficult financial situation after having moved to Spain because they had been forbidden to take anything along except their child. And there were a lot of friends who helped them a lot during their first years in Spain. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in psychiatry, but he gave up medicine in order to become a full-time writer in 1994. Since 1994 he made his first steps in writing and sent his works to the different literature competitions, to magazines and publishers all over Spain. And his first book was published the same year. When his fifth novel The Cave of Ideas obtained an international acknowledge, he realized that he had chosen the right route in his life.
