by Juan García Hortelano · RBA. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788447300969
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«Tormenta de verano» is the suspense novel by Spanish writer Juan García Hortelano, published by RBA in hardcover (316 pages, in Spanish).
The story begins when, in the middle of summer, the lifeless body of a young woman appears on the beach of an exclusive development. The protagonist, shaken by the discovery, enters a crisis of conscience that leads him to question his values; meanwhile, the police investigation becomes intertwined with his family circle and friendships.
1994 edition from RBA in the Narrativa actual collection (no. 98); the novel was originally published in 1962.
For readers of suspense fiction and social criticism, interested in contemporary Spanish literature.
Juan García Hortelano was a Spanish writer. He was born in Madrid. His father was a doctor. When the Spanish Civil War broke out, he was sent with his siblings to Cuenca, only returning to Madrid in 1937 where he lived with his maternal grandparents. The libraries at school and home turned him into an avid reader. Following the war, he entered college in 1941, later studying law at Madrid University. He joined the Civil Service in 1953. Throughout his life, he dedicated himself to writing with fervour and discipline without abandoning his administrative job in Madrid. He cultivated friendships with writers and intellectuals of his generation: Juan Benet, Carlos Barral, Jaime Gil de Biedma, Juan Marsé and Ángel González.
