La vida iba en serio

Synopsis of La vida iba en serio

«La vida iba en serio» is the autobiographical novel by Jorge Javier Vázquez, published by Editorial Planeta in hardcover (256 pages, in Spanish).

In 1995, a young man arrives in Madrid with his suitcase and a contract at a celebrity magazine, leaving behind his neighborhood and a life of doubts. The novel follows his search for freedom: to be himself, to live without hiding his sexuality, to excel in his craft and to relate without fear. It is a story of reconciliation and memory, told with humor and melancholy.

First novel by Jorge Javier Vázquez, published in 2012 in the Autores Españoles e Iberoamericanos collection.

For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction and for those who follow Jorge Javier Vázquez's television career.