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AFTER THE ACCLAIMED BERTA ISLA COMES JAVIER MARAS LONGAWAITED NEW NOVEL

The most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature Boston Globe

Toms Nevinson has left the secret service and returned to his old job working in the British Embassy in Madrid Assumed dead by his wife Berta Toms attempts to resume his previous life and heal from his psychological wounds

But when he is contacted by his old boss Bertram Tupra Nevinson reluctantly becomes involved in a plan to locate and eliminate a woman believed to have helped orchestrate the 1987 Hipercor bombing Detonated by the ETA a Basque separatist group the bomb killed 21 people and injured 45

Full of mesmerising intrigue Toms Nevinson offers a deep reflection into the moral dilemma of whether the killing of a presumed criminal can be justified Maras meticulous insight and dazzling intellectual vigour show why he is so often said to be Spains greatest living writer

PRAISE FOR BERTA ISLA

A twisty thoughtprovoking tale that puts notions of truth and morality under pitiless scrutiny The Guardian

Elegant discursive persuasively vivid novel powerful and indelible The National

Maras weaves a thrilling and desolate meditation on the psychic costs of the deep states dark arts 1843 Magazine

Magical Marass finest novel to date Alex Clark

Compelling Tatler

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