by Milos Urban · EDB FICCION · tapa dura · ISBN 9788466641203
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«Lord Mord» is the historical mystery novel by Milos Urban, published by EDB Ficción in hardcover (336 pages, in Spanish).
In late 19th-century Prague, divided between Czechs, German speakers and Jews, Count Adi, oblivious to the unrest and martial law, leads a life of brothels and absinthe. The murder of a prostitute, the arrival of a supposed Jewish princess and the return of his cousin Mani drag him into a criminal plot in the old Jewish quarter.
The Spanish translation is by Kepa Uharte; this 2009 edition belongs to the La Trama collection.
Aimed at adult readers interested in historical and mystery fiction set in Central Europe.
Miloš Urban is a Czech novelist and horror writer, known as the "dark knight of Czech literature". He is best known for his 1999 novel Sedmikostelí, a Gothic crime horror set in Prague, which was translated into 11 languages. He is also a translator, and has translated works by authors including Isaac Bashevis Singer and Julian Barnes into Czech. He was the winner of the 2002 Magnesia Litera prize for prose writing for his 2001 novel Hastrman, as well as the 1996 Mladá fronta prize for his translation of Barnes' Flaubert's Parrot. As well as the Czech Republic, Urban's books have found considerable commercial success in Spanish-speaking countries.
