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Ignacio GARCÍA-VALIÑO

Querido Caín

Querido Caín
Plaza & Janés, 2006

(Dear Cain) Carlos and Coral are a well-to-do married couple whose placid life is drastically altered when their teenager son Nico ends up involved in an accident in which the family dog is killed. Was it really an accident? As his antisocial behavior worsens, his parents turn to Julio, a child psychologist, who will try to help the boy through their mutual keenness for chess. Just as in a chess game, a struggle begins between doctor and patient in which strategies are interwoven, false moves are made, and pawns are sacrificed. Julio will find himself trapped in a dangerous maze of lies… and if he doesn’t manage to discover Nico’s terrible secret in time, innocent people might end up dead.

Querido Caín is a furiously-paced psychological thriller that tackles the topic of juvenile violence and explores the deep roots of evil and its influence on people. Can unwarranted cruelty be innate? Is it possible to escape the influence of the lineage of Cain, the first evil character in History?

-Second Winner of the V  Novel Award Ciudad de Torrevieja. The second-biggest literary award in Spain 

(Spain, Plaza & Janés/Pocket, DeBolsillo); (Italy, Edizioni Piemme); (The Netherlands, Luitingh-Sijthoff); (Romania, Rao); (Russia, Eksmo)

 Film rights sold to: Sogecable

«(…) a dead-on combination of storytelling, reflection, description and dialogue in a text that reads well owing to its mounting dynamism and tension within a classical composition, from its lively beginning to its disconcerting end. (…) I recommend this book to everyone.» Á. Basanta, El Cultural

«García-Valiño plays various different games at very different levels » R. Ruiz Garzón, Qué leer

«This prize finalist is the moral winner.» S. Doria, ABC

«García-Valiño has written a furiously-paced novel that seduces the reader from the very first page.» M. García, Heraldo de Aragón

«I can’t wait to finish the interview so I can get back to the novel. I’m totally addicted.» L. Gondra, Deia

«An addictive thriller that you can’t put down.» Cosmopolitan


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