by Eduardo Mendoza · Planeta · tapa dura · ISBN 9788408097259
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«Riña de gatos. Madrid 1936» is the spy novel by Eduardo Mendoza, published by Planeta in hardback (432 pages, in Spanish).
Anthony Whitelands, an English art critic, arrives in Madrid in 1936 to authenticate a painting whose value could change the political course of Spain. He finds himself caught between love affairs, conspiracies and spies. Mendoza combines historical gravity with his subtle humour, for all tragedy is part of the human comedy.
The novel won the Premio Planeta de Novela 2010 and belongs to the Autores Españoles e Iberoamericanos collection.
For readers of historical and spy fiction with an interest in Madrid before the Spanish Civil War.
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.
