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Tomás Nevinson
By Javier Marías & Margaret Jull CostaPublisher Description
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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“2,5-3⭐
Parece más preocupado por volcar sus ideas tópicas sobre "la cancelación" y que "ahora no se puede decir nada" y que "el mundo se ha idiotizado", que en desarrollar la novela, e igual se sentía víctima él mismo, a pesar de ser uno de los autores más vendidos y de que tenía la privilegiada plataforma de sus artículos de opinión en uno de los periódicos de más tirada nacional. Me resulta tediosísimo el exceso de pontificación que, aparte, en esta novela concreta es muy repetitivo. Es indudable que escribía bien, aunque, también para mí gusto, recargado.”
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“"(...) torna-se insuportável estar fora depois de se ter estado dentro e de se ter acreditado poder aí, de tempos a tempos, despentear uma pestana ao universo."
"Sabia que tudo existe sempre para todos, que nada fica inteiramente para trás. O passado é um intruso impossível de manter à distância."
"«Quando estiveres velha e grisalha e cheia de sono, e a cabecear junto ao lume, vai buscar este livro, e lê devagar, e sonha com o olhar brando que outrora foi o teu, e com as suas sombras fundas.»"”
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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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