Lorenzo Silva (Spain): Bolševikova slabina

Translation: Eva Blinková-Pelánová, Garamond 2009

Swift and amusing storytelling in which the main hero, a former philosophy student and current bank manager who suffers from inner emptiness and loss of illusions, at first seems to be a satirical novel about pains of modern society. However this Spanish version of Lolita blended with Chandler-like crude style, in a surprising finish gains features of a nearly classical tragedy.