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Novena entrega de la sèrie Mascarell, Deu dies de juny ens retorna a un passat no molt llunyà, a la cruel realitat dels internats franquistes, i ens mostra la fam i les humiliacions que van haver de patir els fills i les filles dels derrotats,apartats dels seus pares «per al seu bé» i convertits, en molts casos, en carn de canó de la pitjor de les barbàries. Juny de 1951, durant els dies que precedeixen a la revetlla de Sant Joan . Miquel Mascarell descobreix per sorpresa que un vellenemic és viu i lliure. Es tracta de Laureano Andrada, l'únic home a qui, abans de la Guerra, va apuntar amb una pistola i va desitjar matar; un vell pederasta irredempt, desafiador, que amb l'arribada de la dictadura ha sortit de la presó i, per si això no fos prou, continua treballant amb nens. Durant els deu dies següents, acusat d'assassinat, perseguit per la policia i alliberat per en David Fortuny, un antic agent reconvertiten detectiu privat, Mascarell viurà amagat, lluny de la Patro i de la seva filla petita Raquel, disfressat i col·laborant amb Fortuny per demostrar la seva innocència. Un Fortuny excombatent, fals heroi de guerra, seguidor del Règim i, per tant, als antípodes del que pensa i creu en Mascarell. Un autèntic xoc de trens enmig de la voràgine dels dies més decisius en la vida de l'exinspector. Crí «Tant de bo tinguem a Mascarell durant molt més temps. És història viva.» Lilian Neuman, La Vanguardia «Les novel·les de l'exinspector Mascarell són molt més que unes simples novel·les policíaques, moltíssim més que això.» Fernando Baeta, El Español «Mascarell està completament assentat en la història negra d'aquest país... En la novel·la negra d'aquest país.» Interrobang
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1947 —Born in Barcelona, July 26th. 1955 —Serious accident. First literary incursions. 1959 —First full-length novel, 500 pages. Firm intention to become a writer. 1964 —Graduates from high school. Attends technical school at night and works during the day for a construction company. 1968 —First professional attempts in the musical field. Founder of and collaborator in El Gran Musical radio programme (Cadena SER, Madrid). Additional collaborations with Radio Barcelona. —Writes articles and collaborations for La Prensa in Barcelona and for Nuevo Diario in Madrid. 1969 —Correspondent for El Gran Musical in Barcelona. 1970 —Quits job and studies to work full-time as a music critic. Manages the weekly magazine Disco Express. —Starts travelling all over the world with top musicians. 1972 —First book published: 1962-72 Historia de la música pop (1962-72 A history of pop music), the first work in its genre published in Spain and a best-seller. —Works as an editorial adviser, collaborating, writing and founding several music magazines, such as Top Magazine and Extra. 1973 —Founds and features in Popular 1, a pioneer monthly magazine about rock. 1974 —Becomes executive manager of Popular 1. —Finalist to the Ciudad de Murcia Literature Prize. —Hosts the Semanario Informativo de la Música Pop (Pop Music Weekly News), a radio programme to be aired for four years on Barcelona’s Radio Peninsular. 1975 —Villa de Bilbao Novel Prize. 1976 —Resigns as executive manager of Popular 1 to devote himself to literature and travelling. —Beginning of the musical anthology collection (biographies and history) Música de Nuestro Tiempo (Music of Our Time). Writes and publishes 24 books in the following years. 1977 —Co-founder of Super-Pop magazine, on young people’s music. Number one in Spain in its category after only a few months in print. 1978 —Finalist to the Planeta Novel Prize. —Resigns as manager of Disco Express after 9 years. 1979 —Ateneo de Sevilla Novel Prize. 1981 —Gran Angular Young People’s Literature Prize. —Begins publishing Historia de la música rock (A history of rock music) in 100 instalments (6 volumes) over 2 years. 1982 —First lecture circuits for primary and secondary schools around Spain, prompted by the boom in children and young people’s literature. Continues activities in schools to this day, giving more than 100 lectures a year. 1983 —Wins Gran Angular Youth Literature Prize for the second time. 1985 —Birth of the detective character Daniel Ross. 1987 —Author of the radio serial Ya es de oro (Gold Already) for Cadena SER. 1988 —Births of the literary characters Zuk-1 and Sam Numit. —El joven Lennon (Young Lennon) remains on the young adult fiction best-seller list for 11 months. —First books translated into Italian, German, French, Greek, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Slovenian, Dutch, English, Japanese, etc. (still translated to this day). 1989 —Birth of Victor, another literary character. —First Daniel Ross film on TV, La sombra del delator (The shadow of the informer), aired on March 1994 with Mario Gas and Manuel Aleixandre in the leading roles. 1990 —Vaixell de Vapor Children’s Literature Prize. —Timun Mas begins publishing Sam Numit. A total of 6 books in 2 years. —Designs a trivia game on rock music. 1991 —Wins the Gran Angular Young People’s Literature Prize for the third time in 10 years. 1992 —Wins the CCEI 1991 Best Children’s Book Prize. —Diccionario de los Beatles (A Beatles Dictionary), first book in the world published under this concept and title. 1993 —Publishes the encyclopaedia Los grandes del rock de la A a la Z (Rock legends from A to Z) in Italy, titled Los mitos del rock en vivo (Live rock legends), 100 instalments, 5 volumes.
