by Penélope Fitzgerald · IMPEDIMENTA EDITORIAL S.L · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788419581396
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«El niño de oro» is Penélope Fitzgerald's mystery and satire novel, published by Impedimenta in paperback (224 pages, in Spanish).
A London museum exhibits for the first time the treasures of the Garamantes, an ancient people of North Africa, and the public queues to see two famous pieces: the skein and the golden boy. The boy is rumoured to be cursed, and when an attempted murder occurs at the museum, the director must deal with the police and two academics in a web of jealousy, ambitions and poorly kept secrets. With the Cold War as a backdrop, alleged forgeries, suspicions of espionage and political interests mix in a plot of mystery and comedy of manners.
Original work from 1977, translated by Miguel Temprano García. Published by Impedimenta in Madrid in April 2024.
Ideal for readers of contemporary literary fiction who enjoy classic mystery, social satire and British humour with historical setting.
Penelope Mary Fitzgerald was a Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet, essayist and biographer from Lincoln, England. In 2008 The Times listed her among "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945". The Observer in 2012 placed her final novel, The Blue Flower, among "the ten best historical novels". A.S. Byatt called her, "Jane Austen’s nearest heir for precision and invention."
