BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ACCORDING TO GUARDIAN AND THE SPECTATOR The final novel from one of the greatest writers of the past half centuryNoone nowadays writes prose like Javier Maras . . . If youre already a fan, youll know what to expect and rejoice. If youre not, what a treat you have in store The HeraldToms Nevinson, a retired MI6 agent, is working for the British Embassy in Madrid when his former handler, the sinister Bertram Tupra, offers to bring him back inside for one last assignment. His mission to catch and, if necessary, kill a terrorist gone to ground in Northern Spain after bombings in Barcelona and Zaragoza. The trouble is there are three suspects all women and it may not actually be any of them. To find out, Nevinson must move incognito to the small town where the three women separately live, and become an intimate friend to each, in the hope of uncovering a clue . . .A philosophical thriller with a climate of suspense to rival le Carr and a psychological depth that is purely Mariass own, this is a novel that explores the deepest of human questions in what circumstances can killing be called just?Translated by Margaret Jull CostaThe last word from a master . . . once youve been inside Maras world, to spend too long outside is unbearable The Sunday TimesA twisting espionage tale shot through with slantwise humour . . . seductive and inescapably poignant Observer

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