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Title: Southern Seas by Manuel Vazquez Montalban, Patrick Camiller, Manuel Vazquez Montalban, Patrick Camillier ISBN: 1-85242-700-0 Publisher: Serpent's Tail Pub. Date: June, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great, satirical detective story of post Franco Barcelona
Comment: Highly recommended hard-boiled detective novel that looks at the cultural malaise of Spain in general and Barcelona in particular coming out of thirty years of Fascist dictatorship. Every character in this book has a serious political past and agenda, and they recite their political evolution and handily give the details of which party they recently voted for and why in the same fashion that Law & Order interviewees cynically give the details of their professional pitfalls. The hero Pepe Carvalho is so wacked out he burns books (but why is the question,) and he seems to be an overweight balding alcoholic with gourmand tendencies, but he's still a hit with the ladies. And the story is excellently written, and at once amusing and sad.
Rating: 5
Summary: PEPE CARVALHO'S FINEST
Comment: Once again Montalban hypnotizes us with his great story-telling ability, his poetry, his stunning metaphores and unforgettable characters. Detective literature never aimed this high. Winner of many prestigious awards including "The Raymond Chandler Award", Southern Seas introduces us to the figure of Pepe Carvalho, detective, gourmet, wine-expert, philosopher, lover, former member of the Communist Party and the CIA. The setting is Barcelona, Spain, in the post-Franco era. Images of rare beauty and impressive power alternate in this atypical "who done it?" story. Montalban succeeds in elevating the genre to a higher level and, perhaps, creates a genre on its own. More Montalban, please!
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Title: The Angst-Ridden Executive (Five Star Title) by Manuel Vazquez Montalban, Manuel Vazquez Montalban, Ed Emery ISBN: 185242740X Publisher: Serpent's Tail Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Off Side by Manuel Vazquez Montalban, Ed Emery, Vazquez Montalban, Manuel Vazquez Montalban ISBN: 1852427426 Publisher: Serpent's Tail Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Murder in the Central Committee by Manuel Vazquez Montalban, Patrick Camiller, Manuel Vazquez Montalban ISBN: 1852421312 Publisher: Serpent's Tail Pub. Date: February, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: The Buenos Aires Quintet by Manuel Vazquez Montalban, Nick Caistor, Manuel Vzquez Montalbn ISBN: 1852426403 Publisher: Serpent's Tail Pub. Date: January, 2004 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Snack Thief: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli, Cyril Pearl ISBN: 0670032239 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 24 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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