Description
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, The Seattle Times, and Crime Reads An intense literary thriller that tears through the interlocked histories of fascism and communism in Europe without pausing for breath.
Gonzalo Gil is a disaffected lawyer stuck in a failed career and a strained marriage, dodging the never-ending manipulation of his powerful father-in-law. The fragile balance of Gonzalo's life as a father and husband is pushed to the limit when he learns, after years without news of his estranged sister, Laura, that she has committed suicide under suspicious circumstances. Resolutely investigating the steps that led to her death, Gonzalo discovers that Laura is believed to have murdered a Russian gangster who kidnapped and killed her young son. What seems to be revenge is just the beginning of a tortuous path that will take Gonzalo through the untold annals of his family's past. He will examine the fascinating story of his father, El as Gil, the great hero of the antifascist resistance. As a young engineer El as traveled to the USSR committed to the ideals of the revolution, but was betrayed, arrested, and confined on the infamous Nazino Island, ultimately becoming a key figure, admired and feared, during Spain's darkest years. Suspenseful and utterly absorbing, A Million Drops is a visceral story of enduring love and revenge postponed that introduces a master of international crime fiction to American readers.
Author: Víctor del Árbol
Publisher: Other Press (NY)
Published: 05/15/2018
Pages: 640
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.40d
ISBN13: 9781590518458
ISBN10: 1590518454
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Thrillers | Psychological
- Fiction | Thrillers | Historical
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | International Crime & Mystery
Gonzalo Gil is a disaffected lawyer stuck in a failed career and a strained marriage, dodging the never-ending manipulation of his powerful father-in-law. The fragile balance of Gonzalo's life as a father and husband is pushed to the limit when he learns, after years without news of his estranged sister, Laura, that she has committed suicide under suspicious circumstances. Resolutely investigating the steps that led to her death, Gonzalo discovers that Laura is believed to have murdered a Russian gangster who kidnapped and killed her young son. What seems to be revenge is just the beginning of a tortuous path that will take Gonzalo through the untold annals of his family's past. He will examine the fascinating story of his father, El as Gil, the great hero of the antifascist resistance. As a young engineer El as traveled to the USSR committed to the ideals of the revolution, but was betrayed, arrested, and confined on the infamous Nazino Island, ultimately becoming a key figure, admired and feared, during Spain's darkest years. Suspenseful and utterly absorbing, A Million Drops is a visceral story of enduring love and revenge postponed that introduces a master of international crime fiction to American readers.
Author: Víctor del Árbol
Publisher: Other Press (NY)
Published: 05/15/2018
Pages: 640
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.40d
ISBN13: 9781590518458
ISBN10: 1590518454
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Thrillers | Psychological
- Fiction | Thrillers | Historical
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | International Crime & Mystery
About the Author
Víctor del Árbol was born in Barcelona in 1968 and was an officer of the Catalan police force from 1992 to 2012. As the recipient of the Nadal Prize, the Tiflos Prize, and as the first Spanish author to win the Prix du Polar Européen, he has distinguished himself as a notable voice in Spanish literature.