by Bruce Marshall · Plaza & Janés · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401371288
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«Los bueyes negros» is the novel by Bruce Marshall, published in 1982 by Plaza & Janés in hardcover (284 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows five former officers of the Royal Scots returning to civilian life in Edinburgh on Christmas Eve 1920: two stockbrokers, an accountant, a clergyman and a solicitor with literary aspirations. The story spans fifty years, up to the 1970s, and reflects the weight of war, class and religion in Scottish society.
Original title: The Black Oxen; originally published in 1972. Translation by Pedro Víctor Debrigode Dugi.
For readers of Scottish fiction and generational stories set in Edinburgh.
Lieutenant-Colonel Claude Cunningham Bruce Marshall was a prolific Scottish writer who wrote fiction and non-fiction books on a wide range of topics and genres. His first book, A Thief in the Night came out in 1918, possibly self-published. His last, An Account of Capers was published posthumously in 1988, a span of 70 years.
