by Jeffrey Ford · LA FACTORÍA DE IDEAS · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498003994
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«La niña de cristal» is the mystery and fantasy novel by Jeffrey Ford, published by La Factoría de Ideas in paperback (320 pages, in Spanish).
During the Great Depression, Diego, a Mexican immigrant, becomes the assistant of Thomas Schell, a con man who stages séances to swindle the rich of New York. When Schell thinks he sees a girl behind a glass door asking for help, he decides to look for her and drags Diego into an investigation amid secrets and dangers.
The novel belongs to the Línea Maestra collection, number 14. It was originally published in English as «The Girl in the Glass» in 2005 and won the Edgar Award for Best Original Paperback.
For readers of historical fiction and mystery with a supernatural touch, and for those interested in New York during the Great Depression.
Jeffrey Ford is an American writer in the fantastic genre tradition, although his works have spanned genres including fantasy, science fiction and mystery. His work is characterized by a sweeping imaginative power, humor, literary allusion, and a fascination with tales told within tales. He is a graduate of Binghamton University, where he studied with the novelist John Gardner.
