by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán · Planeta Pub Corp · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408022725
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«Los mares del Sur» is the crime novel by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, published by Planeta Pub Corp in paperback (220 pages, in Spanish).
Barcelona, 1979. Detective Pepe Carvalho investigates the knife murder of businessman Stuart Pedrell, found on the outskirts when everyone believed him to be in Polynesia. Digging into his past, he uncovers his intellectual concerns and his obsession with Gauguin and the South Seas, a symbol of unattainable fulfilment in the Spain of that time.
Fourth instalment in the series featuring detective Pepe Carvalho. Winner of the Planeta Prize in 1979.
A read for crime fiction fans, followers of the Carvalho series and readers interested in Spanish narrative from the Transition.
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán was a prolific Spanish writer from Barcelona: journalist, novelist, poet, essayist, anthologue, prologist, humorist, critic and political prisoner as well as a gastronome and an FC Barcelona supporter.
