by Eduardo Mendoza · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432230189
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«La verdad sobre el caso Savolta» is the mystery novel by Eduardo Mendoza, published by Seix Barral in paperback (432 pages, in Spanish).
Set in Barcelona between 1917 and 1919, it follows journalist Javier Miranda as he becomes embroiled in a web of economic interests and labour conflicts surrounding an arms company; the murder of the industrialist Savolta marks the start of an investigation full of irony, humour and satire on power and memory.
The novel was originally published in 1975 and received the Premio de la Crítica de Narrativa Castellana in 1976.
For readers of crime fiction and contemporary Spanish narrative, with an interest in early 20th-century Barcelona.
Eduardo Mendoza Garriga is a Spanish novelist, playwright, and essayist. His first novel, La Verdad sobre el Caso Savolta, published in 1975, reflected the social changes as Spain transitioned to democracy, and was very successful. His 1986 novel, La Ciudad de los Prodigios, is widely acclaimed, and he is also known for his "mad detective" parody novels, in particular El Laberinto de las Aceitunas.
