The Mystery of the Enchanted Crypt - Softcover

Mendoza, Eduardo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846590515 ISBN 13: 9781846590511

Publisher: Telegram Books, 2009

Synopsis

“Eduardo Mendoza is one of contemporary Spain’s most important writers.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Wonderfully inventive and hilarious.”—Guardian

Released from an asylum to help with a police enquiry, the quick-witted and foul-smelling narrator delves deep into the underworld of 1970s Barcelona to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a teenage girl from a convent school, aided only by his prostitute sister Mercedes.

Eduardo Mendoza was born in 1943 in Barcelona. He spent some years in New York, where he worked at the United Nations as an interpreter. His other novels include No Word From Gurb, published by Telegram in 2007.

About this title

About the Author:

Eduardo Mendoza was born in 1943 in Barcelona. He spent some years in New York where he worked at the United Nations as an interpreter. He is widely considered to be one of the most important contemporary Spanish novelists and has won many prizes internationally. Nicholas Caistor is the author of Octavio Paz (Reaktion, 2006), editor of two anthologies, and has translated many novels by Latin American and Spanish authors, including Juan Marse, Juan Carlos Onetti, Sergio Ramirez, Jose Saramago, Osvaldo Soriano and Dulce Chacón. Nick Caistor won the Premio Valle Inclan 2007.

Review:

'Wonderfully inventive and hilarious.' The Times'Eduardo Mendoza is one of contemporary Spain's most important writers.' New York Times For sheer descriptive writing he is unrivalled.' Andre Clavel

About this edition

• Publisher: Telegram Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1846590515
• ISBN 13: 9781846590511
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120