by José Carlos Somoza · PUNTO DE LECTURA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466320245
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«La caverna de las ideas» is the crime novel by José Carlos Somoza, published by Punto de Lectura in paperback (416 pages, in Spanish).
A series of murders shakes Plato's Athens: several ephebes appear mutilated in the streets and Heracles Póntor, the Riddle Decipherer, investigates with the help of a philosopher from the Academy. An enigma novel where nothing is what it seems and where reading on can prove risky, in a game of fiction, fun and mirage.
Work originally published in 2001 and translated into several languages; this 2007 edition includes an unpublished interview with the author. Winner of the Macallan Gold Dagger.
Recommended for readers of crime and historical fiction who enjoy philosophical plots and intellectual games.
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.
