Light Comedy,A by Eduardo Mendoza
Call it natural selection, call it the law of the jungle, what rises to the top in the seething turmoil of Barcelona is the cream - or is it the scum? In the late 1940s the Civil War is past history but Franco is still very much in charge. Prullas, a popular playwright whose day is now past, leaves his wife by the seaside while he pursues a crowded life in the stifling city: his producer, Gaudet, wants him to persuade their rich backer Vallsigorri that they really cannot use the third-rate actress Lili whom the backer wants to foist on him. In the course of playing honest broket, however, Prullas starts an affair with Lili, but then thinks twice about crossing her protector who is, after all, backing his play, and tries to break off his liaison. Fate intervenes, however, when Vallsigorri is found murdered and Prullas is prime suspect, albeit innocent. As this is a light comedy, all ends happily. Winner of the Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger, 1998.
"He proves once again that for sheer descriptive writing he is unrivalled, as he evokes the sad ghosts of post-Civil-War Spain" Andre Clavel, L'Express; "While the story dissolves into farce, he has along the way given the reader a very clever insight into those dire years under the Franco regime; his skilful dissection of social behaviour at the time is alone sufficient to mark out this novel as one of the most durable and wisest in recent years" Rafael Conte, ABC Literario
Eduardo Mendoza was born in Barcelona in 1943. He lived for some years in New York where he was an interpreter at the United Nations. He has written eight novels and has a wide international readership.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781860468414 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860468411 |
| Title | Light Comedy,A |
| Author | Eduardo Mendoza |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2002-08-15 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |