Blood Crime
Author(s): Alzamora Sebastia
A multi-genre gothic novel of the horrific early days of the Spanish Civil War in Barcelona, perfect for fans of Roberto Bola o and Mario Vargas Llosa. Startling . . . Blood Crime (beautifully translated from the Catalan by Maruxa Rela o and Martha Tennent) has a sort of concentrated power that's rare in horror novels. It's akin to poetry. --The New York Times Book Review It is 1936, and Barcelona burns as the Spanish Civil War takes over. The city is a bloodbath. Yet in all this death, the murders of a Marist monk and a young boy, drained of their blood, are strange enough to catch a police inspector's attention. His quest for justice is complicated by the politics, dangers, and espionage of daily life in a war zone. The Marist brothers of the murdered monk are being persecuted; meanwhile, a convent of Capuchin nuns hides in plain sight, trading favors with the military police to stay alive. In their midst is a thirteen-year-old novice who stumbles into the clutches of the murderer. Can she escape in this city of no happy endings? Narrated by a vampire who thrives in the havoc of the war, this stunning novel, inspired by the true story of a massacre in the early days of the Spanish Civil War, is a gothic reflection on the nature of monsters, in all their human forms.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Soho Press, Incorporated
- : Soho Press, Incorporated
- : 0.232
- : 01 September 2017
- : 2.1 Centimeters X 12.8 Centimeters X 18.8 Centimeters
- : books
Special Fields
- : 1
- : OO
- : Alzamora Sebastia