by Leonardo Padura · Maxi-Tusquets · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483835975
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«Máscaras» is the crime novel by Leonardo Padura, published by Maxi-Tusquets in paperback (240 pages, in Spanish).
Lieutenant Mario Conde investigates the death of Alexis Arayán, a transvestite son of a diplomat, found in Havana's Bosque de La Habana. The case, with religious and diplomatic ramifications, leads the policeman to the circle of the Marqués, a man of the theatre who shows him a world of secrets and double lives.
Third instalment of the Mario Conde series, originally published in 1997 and winner of the Café Gijón Prize.
Work aimed at crime fiction fans and readers who follow Mario Conde's investigations in Havana.
Leonardo de la Caridad Padura Fuentes is a Cuban novelist and journalist best known for his Mario Conde detective novels and for El hombre que amaba a los perros (2009). In 2012, Padura was awarded the National Prize for Literature, Cuba's national literary award. In 2015, he was awarded the Premio Principe de Asturias de las Letras of Spain.
