La aventura del tocador de señoras

Synopsis of La aventura del tocador de señoras

«La aventura del tocador de señoras» is the humour and mystery novel by Eduardo Mendoza, published by Seix Barral in paperback (352 pages, in Spanish).

Fresh out of the asylum, the unnamed protagonist tries to rebuild his life as a hairdresser in the Raval district of Barcelona after the Olympic Games. Forced to steal some documents, he becomes the main suspect in a murder and must investigate on his own, among all kinds of characters, to prove his innocence.

Third instalment of the saga «El innombrado detective o El paciente del Doctor Sugrañes». Prize of the Booksellers of Madrid.

For readers of crime fiction with humour and followers of the previous adventures of Mendoza's unnamed detective.