by Eduardo Mendoza · Booket · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432217005
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«La verdad sobre el caso Savolta» is a crime novel by Eduardo Mendoza published by Booket in paperback (448 pages, in Spanish).
Barcelona, 1917-1919. Javier Miranda, an employee of an arms company in crisis due to labor conflicts, becomes implicated in the murder of the industrialist Savolta. The city, with its parties, bombs, love affairs and employer violence, is the setting for a detective plot narrated with humor, irony and parody of popular fiction.
Third volume in the Biblioteca Eduardo Mendoza collection. Originally published in 1975, it won the Premio de la Crítica de Narrativa Castellana in 1976.
For readers of crime and historical fiction seeking a classic of contemporary Spanish literature.
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.
