
El protegido
Malpaso, 2015 | The Protégé
Press
«Aranda weaves a criminal plot from the smallest ripples of day-to-day life: as if aware that danger lurks within the most ordinary of lives.»
Justo Navarro
«This book belongs to the best tradition of detective novels, that which manages to combine a plot where all the loose ends are satisfactorily tied up with a portrayal of a society, a period in time, and a way of being in the world.»
Manuel Vilas
«Aranda builds a psychological maze that grips the reader right from the start, while gradually introducing the plot, the ‘noir’ element of the book. The author doesn’t need to modify the ordinary world as we know it for the criminal conspiracy to show, or for the tension to grow with each page.» Paloma Torres, ABC
«More than ever, short distances and irony are the hallmark of Aranda, a writer who has carved out a permanent place for himself in contemporary Spanish fiction.»
María Eugenia Merelo, Sur
“The story pace and the style restlessness make it impossible to put the book down and give the novel a highly original air.”
Alejandro V. García, Mercurio
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Synopsis
A noir fiction from start to finish, assembled with clockwork precision, flawless, in which the pace doesn’t let up for an instant.
Jaime looks on as the more or less dependable world in which he has always lived comes crashing down when, all of a sudden, his life takes a murky, brutal turn for the worse. Spurred on by a sense of duty, he kills two individuals (or does he?) in an attempt to escape being swept along by the course of events. Seized by panic and the sense that someone is on his trail, he finds himself drawing on a hitherto unsuspected strength. He will also discover that the woman of his dreams may also be the love of his life.
This is detective fiction at its finest, of the unputdownable sort, the sort that grabs you from page one, but also an unerring account of passion, of the opposing forces of affection and aggression, of the light and dark sides of human behavior. The Protégé is noir fiction from start to finish, assembled with clockwork precision, flawless, in which the pace doesn’t let up for an instant. Crafted with mesmerizing prose, the novel conceals a fierce, ironic dissection of a society coming apart at the seams.
MB Authors
- Pepa AGUAR
- Pablo ARANDA
- Juan Luis ARSUAGA
- Manuel ASTUR
- Flavita BANANA
- Joan BARRIL
- Nuria BARRIOS
- María BASTARÓS
- Felipe BENÍTEZ REYES
- Joan-Daniel BEZSONOFF
- BLACKIE BOOKS
- Joana BONET
- Juan BONILLA
- Emilio BUESO
- Bibiana CANDIA
- Leonardo CANO
- Pablo CARBONELL
- Martín CASARIEGO
- Nicolás CASARIEGO
- Paula CIFUENTES
- Juan CUADRA
- Mario CUENCA SANDOVAL
- Malén DENÍS
- Elizabeth DUVAL
- Maria ESCALAS
- Cristina FALLARÁS
- Eneko FERNÁNDEZ
- Laura FERRERO
- Josep Maria FONALLERAS
- Albert FORNS CANAL
- Miguel GALLARDO
- Olivia GALLO
- Xenia GARCÍA
- Ignacio GARCÍA-VALIÑO
- José A. GARRIGA VELA
- David B. GIL
- Santi GIMÉNEZ
- Marcos GIRALT TORRENTE
- Enric GONZÁLEZ
- Ismael GRASA
- Javier GUTIÉRREZ
- Luci GUTIÉRREZ
- Najat El HACHMI
- Alicia KOPF
- Use LAHOZ
- Lucía LIJTMAER
- Shaina Joy MACHLUS
- Adrià MARQUÈS
- Ignacio MARTÍNEZ DE PISóN
- Ramon MAS
- Ana MERINO
- Luna MIGUEL
- Amarna MILLER
- Miquel OBIOLS
- Bruno ORO
- Miqui OTERO
- Anna PACHECO
- Vicenç PAGÈS JORDÀ
- Enric PARDO
- Concepción PEREA
- Juan Manuel DE PRADA
- Jordi PUNTÍ
- Llucia RAMIS
- Antonio J. RODRÍGUEZ
- Félix ROMEO
- Carmen ROMERO
- Xavier RUBERT DE VENTÓS
- Gemma RUIZ
- Juanjo SÁEZ
- Gabriel SALVADÓ
- Màrius SERRA
- Rubén SERRANO
- Ramon SOLSONA
- José Miguel TOMASENA
- David TRUEBA
- Juan VICO
- Enrique VILA-MATAS
- Rosario VILLAJOS
- Rolando VILLAZÓN
- Pedro ZARRALUKI