Mandrake. La Biblia y el bastón

Synopsis of Mandrake. La Biblia y el bastón

«Mandrake. La Biblia y el bastón» is the thriller novel by Rubem Fonseca, published by La otra orilla in paperback (192 pages, in Spanish).

Criminal lawyer Mandrake investigates two cases: a collector of rare books seeks a dwarf expert in books linked to the theft of a Gutenberg Bible, and the murder of a member of Rio's high society makes him a suspect, because the widow is Mandrake's lover and the weapon is the sword-stick of his cane.

First episode of the story of Mandrake, an emblematic character in the work of Rubem Fonseca.