The Man Who Loved Dogs
The Man Who Loved Dogs
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Summary
Padura's novel about the assassination of Leo Trotzki by Catalan Communist and Stalin agent Ramon Mercader takes the reader to the Spanish Civil War, Moscow during Stalin's show trials, the Mexico of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, and finally to contemporary Cuba. This is a novel of murky conspiracies and betrayal.
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The Man Who Loved Dogs by Leonardo Padura
Cuban writer Ivan Cardenas Maturell meets a mysterious foreigner on a Havana beach who is always in the company of two Russian wolfhounds. Ivan quickly names him "the man who loved dogs". The man eventually confesses that he is actually Ramon Mercader, the man who killed Leon Trotsky in Mexico City in 1940, and that he is now living in a secret exile in Cuba after being released from jail in Mexico. Moving seamlessly between Ivan's life in Cuba, Mercader's early years in Spain and France, and Trotsky's long years of exile, The Man Who Loved Dogs is Leonardo Padura's most ambitious and brilliantly executed novel yet. It is the story of revolutions fought and betrayed, the ways in which men's political convictions are continually tested and manipulated, and a powerful critique of the role of fear in consolidating political power.
"Breathtaking narrative, a masterpiece" Le Figaro "Best historical novel of the yearThe assassination of Trotsky with an ice axe as the starting point of one of the best romans noirs about the 20th century." Lire "Behind its title taken from a Raymond Chandler short story hides a magnificent novel, a hymn to lost illusions and an indictment of Stalinism, that deadliest utopia of the last century." Livres-Hebdo "An excellent novel, rich in suggestions about the human condition and about our world that go beyond straight narrative history." El Mundo
Leonardo Padura was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1955. A novelist, journalist, and critic, he is the author of several novels, one collection of essays, and a volume of short stories. His novels featuring the detective Mario Conde have been translated into many languages and have won literary prizes around the world. The Man Who Loved Dogs was a finalist for Book of the Year in Spain.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781908524102 |
| ISBN 10 | 1908524103 |
| Title | The Man Who Loved Dogs |
| Author | Leonardo Padura |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bitter Lemon Press |
| Year published | 2014-01-31 |
| Number of pages | 576 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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