by Eduardo Mendoza · Círculo De Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467241044
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«Riña de gatos: Madrid 1936» is the historical novel by Eduardo Mendoza, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (427 pages, in Spanish).
In the Madrid of spring 1936, English art critic Anthony Whitelands arrives by train with the task of authenticating a painting whose valuation could be key to the country's political future. Amid turbulent love affairs and encounters with policemen, diplomats, politicians and spies, the novel combines conspiratorial tension with Eduardo Mendoza's characteristic humour.
This work was awarded the Premio Planeta 2010; the edition includes an illustrated dust jacket.
For readers of historical fiction and Spanish literary narrative, as well as for followers of Eduardo Mendoza.
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.
