by Leonardo Padura · Maxi-Tusquets · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483835852
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«Vientos de cuaresma» is the crime novel by Leonardo Padura, published by Maxi-Tusquets in paperback (224 pages, in Spanish).
Lieutenant Mario Conde investigates the murder of a chemistry teacher in Havana; the case takes him to the pre-university school where he studied and to a web of corruption, drugs and influence peddling. In parallel, Conde meets Karina, a jazz enthusiast, and their relationship progresses while the investigation exposes the cracks in contemporary Cuba.
Second instalment of the Mario Conde series; originally published in 1991, this edition is from 2011.
For fans of crime fiction and stories with social and political background.
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.
