Sólo un muerto más (Spanish Edition) - Softcover

Pinilla, Ramiro

Softcover

ISBN 10: 848383118X ISBN 13: 9788483831182

Publisher: Tusquets Editores S.A., 2009

Synopsis

Con los baules cargados de libros que le entrega un familiar, el joven Sancho Bordaberri decide abrir, en plena posguerra, una modesta libreria de lance en Algorta. Cuenta enseguida con la complicidad de Klodobike, una mujer entusiasta y vehemente. En el fondo, lo que quiere Sancho es ser escritor de novelas policiacas, pero nunca logra imitar a sus admirados Hammett o Chandler y las editoriales le devuelven implacablemente todas sus historias. Hasta que un dia descubre, desde lo alto de un acantilado por el que arroja el enesimo manuscrito rechazado, que el unico asesinato que ocurrio en Getxo, antes de la Guerra, esta todavia sin resolver. / With trunks filled with books that gives a family, the couple decided to open Sancho Bordaberri in full war, a small bookstore in Algorta haul. Immediately with the complicity of Klodobike, an enthusiastic and passionate woman. Basically, what he wants is to be Sancho thriller writer, but never manages to imitate their admired Hammett or Chandler and publishers will all return to their stories relentlessly.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

With cases filled with books which were given by a relative, the young Sancho Bordaberri decides to open, in the postwar period, a modest bookshop in Getxo. Right after that, he received the complicity of Klodobike, enthusiastic and passionate woman. Basically, what Sancho wants is to be a writer of detective novels, but never manages to match his admired Hammett or Chandler and publishers will return all his stories. Until one day he receives the tenth rejected manuscript and realizes that the only murder that occurred in Getxo, before the war, is still unresolved and that a real case can be very helpful for someone with no imagination. Sancho then becomes a private detective to clarify who wanted to kill the twins Altube chaining on a rock for the tide to drown. During his investigations and interviews with suspects, discover that he is writing a real novel, with a new style, in which he is both narrator and protagonist, a detective who will now be called Samuel Sparta as a tribute to Sam Spade.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tusquets Editores S.A.
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 848383118X
• ISBN 13: 9788483831182
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 280