by Jonathan Valin · Júcar · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433436078
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«La Calera» is the crime and detective novel by Jonathan Valin, published in 1986 by Júcar in paperback (259 pages, in Spanish).
The novel is led by private detective Harry Stoner, whom Jonathan Valin defines as a combination of the great investigators of literary fiction and characters from Faulkner, Conrad and Nabokov. On that basis, he develops a suspenseful crime plot set in the hardboiled fiction universe, with a case that tests the protagonist.
The work belongs to Júcar's Etiqueta Negra collection, number 7. The original title, «The Lime Pit», was published in 1980, and the Spanish translation was done by Héctor Toledano.
For fans of crime fiction and detective fiction from the 1980s, as well as for those who want to discover detective Harry Stoner.
Jonathan Valin is an American mystery author best known for the Harry Stoner detective series. He won the Shamus Award for best mystery novel of 1989. After writing eleven Harry Stoner novels over a 14-year period, he took a break from mystery writing to help found Fi, a magazine of music criticism. He now works as an editor and reviewer for magazines. He currently is Executive Editor of The Absolute Sound audio magazine.
