Manual del perfecto canalla

La primera entrega del Departamento Q, protagonizada por un policía experimentado y un ayudante sirio espontáneo y muy asustado.

The three stories in this book were made from memories. Two happen in the peak of the ballad, the third one after the fall in a historical abyss. "Each story begins with a similar scene: the same man and woman have lunch in a Havana restaurant on a rainy Friday afternoon. The relationship to each other and to their country is exposed through their thoughts and conversations, with the last story revealing the most about the collection's themes and the pontificating protagonist."--Publishers Weekly. The stories mirror each other and the metaphor connecting the stories is music.

This is one of the most important novels in recent years. A ghostwriter is in charge of simultaneously writing a biography of a millionaire and preparing a report on the discovery of what hides behind Nabokov's The Original of Laura. In this investigation, much more is discovered about the Russian writer while his posthumous work is revealed. An exciting story that encounters many characters, travels to New York, California, and islands in the South Pacific, this book teaches the reader that people are never who they seem to be. A novel filled with humor, adventure, intrigue, and wisdom that...

Entre la crónica y el cuento, un divertido y feroz Rafael Gumucio nos habla de su relación con el mundo y la literatura. Brillante y crítica la voz de Rafael Gumucio en esta suerte de relatos en donde mezcla la técnica del cuento y la de la crónica, para hablarnos de Barcelona, de sus alumnos sabiondos o de la historia de ese extraño y fantástico nombre, «Gumucio». Todo ello para hablarnos, en definitiva, de su relación con el mundo, las ciudades y la literatura.