Fernández Kills Fernández

Federico Jeanmaire

NOVEL. TUSQUETS 2019. 216 PAGES.

The kind of story that could only have happened in Argentina, in which vice brings the great and the good down to the same level, showing that, to an extent ‘We're all Fernández.'

Intrigued by the headline ‘Fernández kills Fernández', a former crime correspondent reads the entire article and is immediately convinced that the incident described was no accident. He embarks upon his own investigation, heading to the scene of the crime. An old woman feeding the pigeons, a gay porter obsessed with cleaning the pavement, a retired communist, a manipulative newspaper editor, a corrupt judge and another, rather slow, retired journalist, all of whom share the surname Fernández, provide the voices for this novel in which each clings to their point of view as though their lives depended on it, or rather as though the truth and convenience were the same thing. Federico Jeanmaire has created a set of characters that reflect the social fabric of a city. This is a smart, entertaining mystery novel that will have readers laughing along as they reflect on just what it is they're laughing at. The kind of story that could only happen in Argentina, in which vice brings the good and the great down to the same level, showing that to some degree ‘We're all Fernández'.

PUBLISHED BY: Spanish TUSQUETS

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