El loco de las muñecas

Synopsis of El loco de las muñecas

«El loco de las muñecas» is the mystery novel by Empar Fernández, published by Alianza Editorial in hardback (288 pages, in Spanish).

A homeless man is found dead next to his burnt-out shack on Montjuïc, his body surrounded by half-broken dolls. The voices of those who knew him piece together, like a jigsaw, the old man's story and his link to an episode of the civil war and the subsequent repression, painting an urban mosaic.

The work, published in 2008, was a finalist for the 2007 Premio Unicaja de Novela Fernando Quiñones and belongs to the Alianza Literaria collection.

For readers of contemporary fiction who enjoy choral stories with an urban setting and historical background.