by Eduardo Mendoza · Seix Barral Barcelona · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432213564
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«La verdad sobre el caso Savolta» is the novel by Eduardo Mendoza, published by Seix Barral in paperback (463 pages, in Spanish).
In Barcelona from 1917 to 1919, revolutionary tension between workers and employers frames a crime plot with murders, conspiracies and nightlife. The city becomes a protagonist through cabarets, bombs and parties. Mendoza combines humour, irony and satire to portray a society of idealists, adventurers, informers and circus folk.
Originally published in 1975, it received the Premio de la Crítica de Narrativa Castellana in 1976. It belongs to the Nueva Narrativa Hispánica collection.
For readers of historical and crime fiction, especially those interested in twentieth-century Spanish narrative.
Barcelona novelist, 2016 Cervantes laureate, author of The Truth About the Savolta Case, City of Marvels and No Word From Gurb.
