by Rafael Tasis i Marca · Tres I Quatre · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475021850
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«La Bíblia Valenciana» is the crime novel by Rafael Tasis i Marca, published by Tres i Quatre in paperback (208 pages, in Valencian).
It is the work that initiated the crime genre in Catalan literature. The plot is set in republican Barcelona: the appearance of a copy of the lost translation of the Bible by Bonifaci Ferrer triggers a series of murders, while second-hand booksellers and bibliophiles fight to get hold of the book.
First instalment of the Vilagut i Caldes detective trilogy by Rafael Tasis, originally published in 1955.
For crime fiction readers interested in republican Barcelona and the origins of detective narrative in Catalan.
