Murder in the Central Committee

by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

Book Overview

"Montalban writes with authority and compassion-a le Carre-like sorrow."-"Publishers Weekly The lights go out during a meeting of the Central Committee of the Spanish Communist Party; Fernando... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852421312
• ISBN13: 9781852421311
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Serpent's Tail
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

great fun!

The book is so engaging one reads it almost breathlessly. The historical context and the diversity of characters makes it lots of fun. I disagree with the previous reviewer that Montalban's discussion of our hero's culinary knowledge and talents detracts from the book -- on the contrary, all discussions of food and wine are fascinating and delicious. Warning: do not read on a empty stomach!

Highly intelligent and realistically hardboiled

I was surprised how uncompromising Montalban was about taking us through party politics in post-Franco Spain -- which turned out to be much more interesting than I might have anticipated. There is enough violence to keep one concerned, several fleshed-out characters, a sense of reality throughout. If I have a quibble it's that the reader is subjected to rather too much about what a gourmet the hero-detective is. Otherwise, it was smartly done and I'll read Montalban again.