by Juan Manuel Gil · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432243752
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«Un hombre bajo el agua» is the mystery and suspense novel by Juan Manuel Gil, published by Seix Barral in paperback (384 pages, in Spanish).
A fourteen-year-old boy finds the corpse of a neighbour in an irrigation pond; the discovery unsettles his adolescence and arouses suspicion in the neighbourhood. Two decades later, now a writer, he reconstructs the events from memories and testimonies. The novel, structured as an investigation, explores memory and the imprint of the past.
It was published on 5 June 2024 in the Biblioteca Breve collection. Juan Manuel Gil won the Biblioteca Breve Prize in 2021 with Trigo limpio.
It will appeal to readers of crime fiction and psychological thrillers, as well as followers of contemporary Spanish narrative.
