Esta novela enigmática, considerada como un hito en la narrativa española contemporánea, es la historia de un loco que, recluido en un manicomio penitenciario, lanza sus andanadas contra el mundo y recuerda su propia historia, la peripecia personal del estrangulador de Boston, repleta de pistas falsas o autenticas que hacen dudar al lector de que el loco sea un estrangulador, de que haya asesinado a tanta gente como proclama y de que la ciudad de sus desventuras sea Boston.
Author
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán was a prolific Spanish writer: journalist, novelist, poet, essayist, anthologue, prologist, humourist, critic, as well as a gastronome and a FC Barcelona supporter. He studied Philosophy at Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona and was also a member of the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia. For many years, he contributed columns and articles to the Madrid-based daily newspaper El País. He died in Bangkok, Thailand, while returning to his home country from a speaking tour of Australia. His last book, La aznaridad, was published posthumously.
