by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester · Planeta,Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408012030
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«Las islas extraordinarias» is the satirical novel by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, published by Planeta in paperback (168 pages, in Spanish).
A private detective arrives in a small country of three islands to thwart a conspiracy against the dictator. There he finds an almost caricatured dictatorship and a climate of political corruption. Torrente Ballester narrates the story with irony and bitter humor, like a fable about absolute power removed from any specific regime.
The novel was originally published in 1994. This edition belongs to the Planeta Bolsillo imprint.
Aimed at readers of contemporary Spanish fiction and satirical fiction with a political backdrop.
Gonzalo Torrente Ballester was a Spanish writer associated with the Generation of '36 movement.
