by Leonardo Padura · Unionsverlag · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783293203648
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«Labyrinth der Masken» is the crime novel by Leonardo Padura, published by Unionsverlag in paperback (251 pages, in German).
Lieutenant Mario Conde investigates the murder of young transvestite Alexis Arayán, son of a diplomat, in a Havana August. His inquiries lead him to Marqués, a marginalized homosexual theater director who seems to know more than he lets on. A detective novel portraying the contradictions of socialist Cuba and the labyrinth of appearances in Havana.
Third installment of the Mario Conde series and the «Sommer» volume of the Havana Quartet. German translation by Hans-Joachim Hartstein; the original novel, «Máscaras», won the Café Gijón Prize.
For readers of crime and detective fiction, with an interest in Cuban literature and stories with a strong social backdrop.
Leonardo de la Caridad Padura Fuentes is a Cuban novelist and journalist best known for his Mario Conde detective novels and for El hombre que amaba a los perros (2009). In 2012, Padura was awarded the National Prize for Literature, Cuba's national literary award. In 2015, he was awarded the Premio Principe de Asturias de las Letras of Spain.
