Southern Seas (Pepe Carvalho Mysteries) - Softcover

Montalban, Manuel Vazquez

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1612191177 ISBN 13: 9781612191171

Publisher: Melville House Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

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Review:

"The English-speaking world appears to be playing catch-up, a matter that will be rectified with Melville House's reissue of five of the best adventures." --The Daily Beast

"The most original detective to come along in an age and the mix of political intrigue, Barcelona style, and Catalan cooking tips, makes for a great read."
--Venue

"Pepe Carvalho is a phlegmatic investigator. His greatest concern is with his stomach, but when not pursuing delicacies, he can unravel the most tangled of mysteries."
--Sunday Times

"Montalbán writes with authority and compassion--a Le Carré-like sorrow."
--Publishers Weekly

About the Author:

Poet, playwright, essayist, and novelist Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939-2003) was one of modern Spain's greatest writers. A politically active leftist as a young man, he was jailed under Franco for four years for supporting a miners' strike. As an adult, he also became a gourmand, and wrote often about food. His Pepe Carvalho series--set in Montalbán's native Barcelona--has won international acclaim, including the Planeta prize (1979) and the International Grand Prix de Littérature Policière (1981).

Patrick Camiller has also translated Che Guevara's African diaries.

About this edition

• Publisher: Melville House Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1612191177
• ISBN 13: 9781612191171
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 217