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In the late 1970s, as Spain was adrift between the death of Franco and the rebirth of democracy, people were moving from the poor south to the cities of the north in search of a better life. But the work, when there was any, was poorly paid and the housing squalid. Out of this world of limited opportunities a generation of delinquents arose whose prospects were stifled and whose rebellion would be brief and violent.

In February 1981, just as Spain was finally leaving Franco's dictatorship and during the first democratic vote in parliament for a new prime minister - Colonel Tejero and a band of right-wing soldiers burst into the Spanish parliament and began firing shots. Only three members of Congress defied the incursion and did not dive for cover: Adolfo Suarez, the then-outgoing prime minister, who had steered the country away from the Franco era; Guttierez Mellado, a conservative general who had loyally served democracy; and Santiago Carillo, the head of the Communist Party.

¿Quién es Enric Marco? Un nonagenario barcelonés que se hizo pasar por superviviente de los campos nazis y que fue desenmascarado en mayo de 2005, después de presidir durante tres años la asociación española de los supervivientes, pronunciar centenares de conferencias, conceder decenas de entrevistas, recibir importantes distinciones y conmover en algún caso hasta las lágrimas a los parlamentarios españoles reunidos para rendir homenaje por vez primera a los republicanos deportados por el III Reich.

Un crimine spaventoso sconvolge una quieta cittadina nel Sud della Catalogna: i proprietari dell'azienda più impor­tante della zona le Gráficas Adell vengo­no trovati morti con segni evidenti di feroci torture. Il caso è asse­gnato a Melchor Marín giovane poliziotto e appassionato lettore alle spalle un passato oscuro e un atto di eroismo quasi involontario che lo ha fatto diventare la leggenda del corpo e lo ha costretto a lasciare Barcellona.

Un affascinante romanzo vero, ma allo stesso tempo una mirabile opera di finzione. La finzione, però, in questo caso non è frutto della fantasia dell’autore, ma è opera dello stesso protagonista, Enric Marco. Chi è Enric Marco?