An Olympic Death (A Five Star Title) - Softcover

Manuel Vazquez Montalban

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9781852427597: An Olympic Death (A Five Star Title)

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ISBN 10: 1852427590 ISBN 13: 9781852427597

Publisher: Serpent's Tail, 2004

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"Montalb�n writes with authority and compassion—a Le Carr�-like sorrow."—Publishers Weekly

As Barcelona prepares for the Games, the city is turned over to make way for new roads, a new stadium, and the giant prawn sculptures of Mariscal. PI Pepe Carvalho now finds himself forced to work for the Olympic entrepreneurs. As Montalb�n’s overweight hero finds dead bodies and broken socialist promises, he discovers an older, seedier Barcelona hidden behind the shiny new Olympic City.

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About the Author:

Manuel V�zquez Montalb�n was born in Barcelona in 1939. He was a journalist, novelist and creator of Pepe Carvalho, a fast-living, gourmet private detective. Montalb�n won both the Raymond Chandler Prize and the French Grand Prix of Detective Fiction for his thrillers, which are translated into all major languages. He died in October 2003.

Review:

?A lament for a fading Barcelona? a story as rich and pungent in the manchego cheese in La Boqueria? Jack ?Carvalho?s sharp observations and dry sense of humour bring this novel, and the unique city of Barcelona, to life. Readers will be left hungry by Montalban?s mouth-watering descriptions of Catalan cuisine? Ink ?This book draws you in with lively descriptions of detailed landscapes, smells and sounds that hark back to Hemingway? Daily Post ?Montalb?n does for Barcelona what Chandler did for Los Angeles ? he exposes the criminal power relationships beneath the facade of democracy? Guardian Montalb?n has a sharp wit and a knowing eye? Sunday Times ?He is the modern committed writer, entertaining his readers as he reveals what lies beneath Barcelona?s glittering carpet? Guardian 'Montalb?n is a writer who is caustic about the powerful and tender towards the oppressed * Times Literary Supplement ?An inventive and sexy writer... warmly recommended? Irish Independent *

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