Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

Murder in the Central Committee

Barcelona detective investigates murder within Communist Party hierarchy and corruption

About the author

Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

Manuel Vázquez Montalbán was a Spanish novelist, journalist, and poet whose Pepe Carvalho series, set in Barcelona and featuring a disillusioned ex-Communist private detective, was one of the most important in European crime fiction. His novels combined detective fiction with social satire and gastronomy in a uniquely Spanish way. He received the International Crime Fiction Prize.

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