Only Smoke

by Juan José Millás

A son follows the breadcrumbs through a volume of Grimms' Fairy Tales in search of his estranged father

On his eighteenth birthday, Carlos receives a strange gift: his father, whom he never knew, has died and left him his apartment. As he goes through the man's belongings, Carlos comes across a manuscript that tells the unsettling story of a secret affair, a love child, and a butterfly. Is this a confession or pure fiction?

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1954276443
• ISBN13: 9781954276444
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
• Length: 176 Pages