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Walking the Lions
Stephen Burgen
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Description for Walking the Lions
Paperback. Where crimes from the Spanish Civil War come back to haunt a new generation. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
When New Yorker Alex Nadal inherits his aunt's farm near Barcelona he is more than intrigued. First, because his aunt appears to have died twice - once at the end of the Spanish Civil War and again sixty years later - and secondly because he is curious about his Catalan roots, about which his father has always maintained a stony silence. But his arrival on Spanish soil is not a prodigal's return; indeed he is made to feel very unwelcome. He asks too many questions which are met with either hostility or silence, until Alex ... Read more
When New Yorker Alex Nadal inherits his aunt's farm near Barcelona he is more than intrigued. First, because his aunt appears to have died twice - once at the end of the Spanish Civil War and again sixty years later - and secondly because he is curious about his Catalan roots, about which his father has always maintained a stony silence. But his arrival on Spanish soil is not a prodigal's return; indeed he is made to feel very unwelcome. He asks too many questions which are met with either hostility or silence, until Alex ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472127389
SKU
V9781472127389
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-1
About Stephen Burgen
Stephen Burgen lived in Canada until he was 11, when his family returned to Britain. He first visited Barcelona in the 1970s and settled there in 2001 as the Spanish correspondent for The Times. In recent years he has worked as a freelance journalist, contributing regularly to the Guardian.
Reviews for Walking the Lions
Burgen... does a fine job paying homage to Catalonia in his first novel
Publishers Weekly
Both a love letter and a character study of Barcelona, woven into a classic suspense plot
Caroline Cummins
January Magazine
Captures the vibrancy, tensions and flavours of the Spanish city while giving us a well written and intriguing mystery
... Read more
Publishers Weekly
Both a love letter and a character study of Barcelona, woven into a classic suspense plot
Caroline Cummins
January Magazine
Captures the vibrancy, tensions and flavours of the Spanish city while giving us a well written and intriguing mystery
... Read more