by Javier García Sánchez · Booket · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788408053378
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At the start of the toughest stage of the Tour de France, a cyclist from Cantabria known as Jabato is found. Despite being over thirty-six years old and no one expecting him to resist, Jabato persists, turning his madness into something that seems sensible. This is a story of overcoming in the mythical stage of the Tour de France, written by Javier García Sánchez.
Javier García Sánchez is a Spanish writer. Born in Barcelona in 1955, he studied at the Complutense University in Madrid. He edited the magazine Quimera for two years, and wrote in the culture pages of La Voz de Euskadi. He achieved literary success with his second novel La dama del viento sur, which won the Premio Pío Baroja and was translated into English by Michael Bradburn Ruster and Myrna R. Villa. He won the Premio Herralde with a later novel La historia más triste. His book on the champion road cyclist Miguel Indurain has been translated into English.
