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The final novel from Spain's most acclaimed writer, a novel about a charismatic half-Spanish, half-English man who is recruited by British intelligence • “Marías’s best work.” —El País
“Compelling, hypnotic, and exciting at the same time.” —Los Angeles Review of Books
Retired spy Tomás Nevinson—once an agent for the British Secret Service, now living a quiet life in his hometown, Madrid—is approached by his former handler, Bertram Tupra, with an offer to bring him back in from the cold for one last assignment.
The mission: to go undercover again, in a small Spanish town, to find out which of three women who moved there a decade ago is in fact a terrorist trained by the IRA, on the run after masterminding several deadly attacks.
Everything about the assignment is shadowy, from exactly who is in charge, to the question of what “justice” Nevinson will need to mete out once he unmasks the terrorist. But, lured by the appeal of being back on the inside, he accepts the job.
Nevinson soon becomes intimately involved with each of the three women. How—or whom—to choose among them? Under increasing pressure, he must choose, and then act . . .
Charting a world in which right and wrong, good and evil, are irreparably blurred, Javier Marías takes us on a journey of rare and unforgettable suspense in this, the final novel written before his untimely passing.
“Compelling, hypnotic, and exciting at the same time.” —Los Angeles Review of Books
Retired spy Tomás Nevinson—once an agent for the British Secret Service, now living a quiet life in his hometown, Madrid—is approached by his former handler, Bertram Tupra, with an offer to bring him back in from the cold for one last assignment.
The mission: to go undercover again, in a small Spanish town, to find out which of three women who moved there a decade ago is in fact a terrorist trained by the IRA, on the run after masterminding several deadly attacks.
Everything about the assignment is shadowy, from exactly who is in charge, to the question of what “justice” Nevinson will need to mete out once he unmasks the terrorist. But, lured by the appeal of being back on the inside, he accepts the job.
Nevinson soon becomes intimately involved with each of the three women. How—or whom—to choose among them? Under increasing pressure, he must choose, and then act . . .
Charting a world in which right and wrong, good and evil, are irreparably blurred, Javier Marías takes us on a journey of rare and unforgettable suspense in this, the final novel written before his untimely passing.
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“Pff, para ser un thriller tenía demasiada filosofía, historia y monólogo interno.
Sí que es verdad que la prosa de este hombre es magnífica pero para tratar de temas como filosofía e historia en abundancia ya tengo otros géneros.
Mira que me gusta Dostoyevsky pero este hombre le supera. No me ha encantado la manera en que se pasa páginas y páginas con monólogos internos y filosofando.
Las partes en la que nos habla algo de historia me parecieron interesantes.
Como tiene una multitud de contenido filosófico y de monólogo interno, se me quitaron las ganas de leer este libro. He perdido el interés demasiadas veces.
Es un 2 pero bien puede ser un 1.5. Yo le doy el mérito a su pretenciosa narrativa (“mira cuánto sé”, “mira lo profundo que soy”) pero nada más.
No creo que vuelva a tocar un libro de este hombre, la verdad. A parte de que tuvo algunas opiniones con el movimiento #MeToo un tanto controversial y a veces se ha notado en este libro a medida que avanzaba.
En fin. Maravillado con la prosa pero decepcionado con la ejecución de la novela.”
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About Javier Marías
JAVIER MARÍAS was born in Madrid in 1951. He has published fifteen novels, including The Infatuations and A Heart So White, as well as three collections of short stories and several volumes of essays. His work has been translated into forty-four languages, has sold nine million copies worldwide, and has won a dazzling array of international literary awards, including the prestigious International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Prix Femina Étranger. He died in 2022.
Translated by Margaret Jull Costa
Translated by Margaret Jull Costa
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