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by Manuel Vazquez Montalban; Nick Caistor (Translator)


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Born in Barcelona in 1939, MANUEL VÁZQUEZ MONTALBÁN (1939–2003) was a member of Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya (PSUC), and was jailed by the Franco government for four years for supporting a miners’ strike. A columnist for Madrid’s El País, as well as a prolific poet, playwright, and essayist, Vázquez Montalbán was also a well-known gourmand who wrote often about food. The nineteen novels in his Pepe Carvalho series have won international acclaim, including the Planeta prize (1979) and the International Grand Prix de Littérature Policière (1981), both for Southern Seas. He died in 2003 in Thailand, on his way home to Barcelona.

NICK CAISTOR’S translations from the Spanish and the Portuguese include works by José Saramago and Paulo Coelho, and he is the author of Che Guevara: A Life.

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  • Title The Buenos Aires Quintet
  • Author Manuel Vazquez Montalban; Nick Caistor (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 377
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Melville House Publishing, Brooklyn
  • Date 2012-03-27
  • ISBN 9781612190341 / 1612190340
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.21 x 5.52 x 1.06 in (20.85 x 14.02 x 2.69 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Detective and mystery stories
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012931060
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

“Montalbán does for Barcelona what Chandler did for Los Angeles— he exposes the criminal power relationships beneath the façade of democracy.”
THE GUARDIAN

“Montalbán writes with authority and compassion— a le Carré-like sorrow.”
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY"What’s not to like about a detective who, at the end of a hard day’s sleuthing, rustles up a duck ragout at 1 in the morning and then sits down to eat it?" — THE DAILY BEAST

“A writer who is caustic about the powerful and tender towards the oppressed.”
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

“Carvalho travels down the mean calles with humor, perception, and compassion.”
THE TIMES (LONDON)

“Does for modern Barcelona what Dickens did for 19th century London.”
TOTAL

“Carvalho is funny . . . scathingly witty about the powerful. He is an original eccentric, burning books and cooking all night. Like Chandler’s Phillip Marlowe, he is a man of honor walking the mean streets of a sick society.”
THE INDEPENDENT (LONDON)

“A sharp wit and a knowing eye.”
SUNDAY TIMES (LONDON)

About the author

Born in Barcelona in 1939, MANUEL VZQUEZ MONTALBN (1939-2003) was a member of Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya (PSUC), and was jailed by the Franco government for four years for supporting a miners' strike. A columnist for Madrid's El Pas, as well as a prolific poet, playwright, and essayist, Vzquez Montalbn was also a well-known gourmand who wrote often about food. The nineteen novels in his Pepe Carvalho series have won international acclaim, including the Planeta prize (1979) and the International Grand Prix de Littrature Policire (1981), both for Southern Seas. He died in 2003 in Thailand, on his way home to Barcelona.

NICK CAISTOR'S translations from the Spanish and the Portuguese include works by Jos Saramago and Paulo Coelho, and he is the author of Che Guevara: A Life.

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