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Tomás Nevinson
Taschenbuch von Javier Marías
Sprache: Englisch
Originalsprache: Spanisch

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BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ACCORDING TO GUARDIAN AND THE SPECTATOR The final novel from one of the greatest writers of the past half century'No-one nowadays writes prose like Javier Marías . . . If you're already a fan, you'll know what to expect and rejoice. If you're not, what a treat you have in store' The HeraldTomás Nevinson, a retired MI6 agent, is working for the British Embassy in Madrid when his former handler, the sinister Bertram Tupra, offers to bring him back inside for one last assignment. His mission: to catch and, if necessary, kill a terrorist gone to ground in Northern Spain after bombings in Barcelona and Zaragoza. The trouble is there are three suspects - all women - and it may not actually be any of them. To find out, Nevinson must move incognito to the small town where the three women separately live, and become an intimate friend to each, in the hope of uncovering a clue . . . A philosophical thriller with a climate of suspense to rival le Carré and a psychological depth that is purely Marias's own, this is a novel that explores the deepest of human questions: in what circumstances can killing be called just?Translated by Margaret Jull Costa'The last word from a master . . . once you've been inside Marías' world, to spend too long outside is unbearable' The Sunday Times'A twisting espionage tale shot through with slantwise humour . . . seductive and inescapably poignant' Observer
BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ACCORDING TO GUARDIAN AND THE SPECTATOR The final novel from one of the greatest writers of the past half century'No-one nowadays writes prose like Javier Marías . . . If you're already a fan, you'll know what to expect and rejoice. If you're not, what a treat you have in store' The HeraldTomás Nevinson, a retired MI6 agent, is working for the British Embassy in Madrid when his former handler, the sinister Bertram Tupra, offers to bring him back inside for one last assignment. His mission: to catch and, if necessary, kill a terrorist gone to ground in Northern Spain after bombings in Barcelona and Zaragoza. The trouble is there are three suspects - all women - and it may not actually be any of them. To find out, Nevinson must move incognito to the small town where the three women separately live, and become an intimate friend to each, in the hope of uncovering a clue . . . A philosophical thriller with a climate of suspense to rival le Carré and a psychological depth that is purely Marias's own, this is a novel that explores the deepest of human questions: in what circumstances can killing be called just?Translated by Margaret Jull Costa'The last word from a master . . . once you've been inside Marías' world, to spend too long outside is unbearable' The Sunday Times'A twisting espionage tale shot through with slantwise humour . . . seductive and inescapably poignant' Observer
Über den Autor
Javier Marías was born in Madrid in 1951 and died in 2022. He published fifteen novels, three collections of short stories and several volumes of essays. His work has been translated into forty-three languages and has won a dazzling array of international literary awards, including the prestigious Dublin IMPAC award for A Heart So White. He held academic posts in Spain, the United States and in Britain, as Lecturer in Spanish Literature at Oxford University.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Krimis & Thriller
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780241568637
ISBN-10: 0241568633
Sprache: Englisch
Originalsprache: Spanisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Marías, Javier
Übersetzung: Jull Costa, Margaret
Hersteller: Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Penguin
Maße: 198 x 132 x 45 mm
Von/Mit: Javier Marías
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.03.2024
Gewicht: 0,447 kg
Artikel-ID: 127226909
Über den Autor
Javier Marías was born in Madrid in 1951 and died in 2022. He published fifteen novels, three collections of short stories and several volumes of essays. His work has been translated into forty-three languages and has won a dazzling array of international literary awards, including the prestigious Dublin IMPAC award for A Heart So White. He held academic posts in Spain, the United States and in Britain, as Lecturer in Spanish Literature at Oxford University.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Krimis & Thriller
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780241568637
ISBN-10: 0241568633
Sprache: Englisch
Originalsprache: Spanisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Marías, Javier
Übersetzung: Jull Costa, Margaret
Hersteller: Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Penguin
Maße: 198 x 132 x 45 mm
Von/Mit: Javier Marías
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.03.2024
Gewicht: 0,447 kg
Artikel-ID: 127226909
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