Blogs in January 1970

The Best Thing that Can Happen to a Croissant 1st January 1970

If you can get beyone the title, then this, Tusset’s debut novel, will whisk you into the life of Pablo “Baloo” Miralles, a dissolute black sheep of the finance family Miralles and Miralles. In his 30s he takes to...

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The Summer of Dead Toys 1st January 1970

When the death of a young witness in a case of human trafficking and voodoo provokes the normally calm Inspector Salgado to beat someone up, he is swiftly removed from the project. Instead, he is sent to investigate a...

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A Darker Night 1st January 1970

The sequel to Blood Wedding. During Granada’s spectacular Easter processions, Sub-Inspector Max Romero has a visitor, his sister, Susanna. She is preparing a T.V. programme on San Juan de la Cruz, Spain’s sixteenth century mystic poet. In the ruins...

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A Sister for Margot 1st January 1970

In a Portsmouth theatre, with Hitler’s bombs raining down, the actress Maud falls in love with a young naval officer. She dreams however of seeing her name in lights and part of her resists getting embroiled in an affair....

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Madrid Underground: A Superintendent Bernal Mystery 1st January 1970

In Spanish

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