Runner-up for the John Glassco Literary Translation Prize This lesurely coming-of-age novel won Spain's Ateneo de Sevilla Award for Fiction in 1976. Set in the coastal city of San Sebastian during the summer of 1942, this evocative tale of a young boy trying to make sense of the adult world is beautifully written. Planicio's mother is dead and his father Pachi spends most of his time (and money) gambling. Father and son are often hungry. When Pachi...