by Eduardo Mendoza · Booket · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432229435
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«El asombroso viaje de Pomponio Flato» is the humorous novel by Eduardo Mendoza, published by Booket in paperback (192 pages, in Spanish).
In the first century, detective Pomponio Flato travels the Roman Empire in search of miraculous waters and arrives in Nazareth, where the town's carpenter awaits execution for murder. Hired by his son, a singular child, Pomponio investigates the crime as historical fiction, crime fiction and parody intersect.
It belongs to the Biblioteca Eduardo Mendoza collection. El asombroso viaje de Pomponio Flato was originally published in 2008 and received the Terenci Moix Prize.
For readers who enjoy literary satire and parody of genres such as historical and crime fiction.
Eduardo Mendoza Garriga is a Spanish novelist, playwright, and essayist. His first novel, La Verdad sobre el Caso Savolta, published in 1975, reflected the social changes as Spain transitioned to democracy, and was very successful. His 1986 novel, La Ciudad de los Prodigios, is widely acclaimed, and he is also known for his "mad detective" parody novels, in particular El Laberinto de las Aceitunas.
