Southern seas / Manuel Vázquez Montalbán ; translated by Patrick Camiller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vázquez Montalbán, Manuel.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Mares del Sur. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

214 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Serpent's Tail, 1999.

Language Note:

Translated from the Spanish.

Summary:

The body of Stuart Pedrell, a powerful businessman, is found in a Barcelona suburb. He had disappeared on his way to Polynesia in search of the visionary spirit of Paul Gauguin. Who better to find the killer of a dead dreamer than Pepe Carvalho, overweight bon viveur and ex-communist? The trail for Pedrell's killer unearths a world of disillusioned radicals, graphic sex, and nouvelle cuisine -- ingredients of post-Franco Spain. A tautly written mystery with an unforgettable -- and highly unusual -- protagonist.

Notes:

First published in 1979 by Editorial Planeta, Barcelona.

ISBN:

1852427000

OCLC:

42310391