by John Godey · PLAZA: BLACK · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401443107
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«Johnny el Guapo» is the crime novel by John Godey, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (252 pages, in Spanish).
Johnny Handsome owes his nickname to the deformation of his face. While serving a sentence for a robbery in which his accomplices abandoned him, the police offer him freedom in exchange for informing on the guilty parties, but his face makes him unmistakable. After undergoing surgery that changes his appearance, he returns to the world of crime and takes part in planning a bank heist in a small town, whose outcome leads to an outbreak of violence.
Spanish-language edition from Plaza & Janés, in the «La Genuina Novela Negra» (Black) collection, with 252 pages.
Recommended for readers of classic crime fiction and for those familiar with the film adaptation by Walter Hill starring Mickey Rourke.
Morton Freedgood was an American author who wrote The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and many other detective and mystery novels under the pen name John Godey.
