Uk Panel´s Choice - Autumn 2009

We bring you the latest selection by our panel of experts. This time the panel of experts was formed by Christine Toomey (The Sunday Times magazine), Deirdre McDermott (Walker Books), Meike Ziergovel (Peirene Press), Gary McKeone (BCLT), Alexandre Middleton (Calder Bookshop), and Sonia Soto (translator).

The books have been reviewed by our network of independent readers. For this issue the readers were: Sonia Soto, Christina MacSweeney, Alexander Ibarz, Anella McDermott, Jason Wilson, Kit Maude, Laura McGloughlin, Nick Caistor, Lise Jones, Nelly Hermitant, Miranda France, and Anne McLean.

L’home manuscrit

The Manuscript Man

Author:
Manuel Baixauli

Publisher: Edicions Proa

Read report: L’home manuscrit

Who is writing the texts that the protagonist of this novel keeps finding in the most unexpected places? Firstly, within the pages of a bible, later in the walls of an abandoned lighthouse and in a doctor’s waiting room in Vienna. The hidden stories speak about him and his life: the man he could have been and the man he may end up becoming.

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No hay que morir dos veces

Musn’t Die Twice

Author:
Francisco González Ledesma

Publisher: Editorial Planeta S.A.

Read report: No hay que morir dos veces

Intrigue, action and mystery in Inspector Méndez’s Barcelona. González Ledesma has created a definitive Méndez, the perfect one.

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Princesa de África

African Princess

Author:
Sonia Sampayo

Publisher: Editorial Planeta S.A.

Read report: Princesa de Africa

Princesa de África relates a love story that breaks all rules. Sonia is a beautiful Spanish dancer, specialising in African dance; Pap is a Senegalese percussionist. Both live in Madrid, and it is only a matter of time before their work brings them together. Little by little, dance unites them inexorably.

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TODO NADA

ALL NOTHING

Author:
Brenda Lozano

Publisher: TUSQUETS EDITORES, S.A.

Read report: Todo nada

Already an old man, the renowned gastroenterologist Emilio Nassar had a project: let himself starve to death. As a witness of that hidden agenda, he chose his young granddaughter, Emilia, with whom he shared long coffee talks before dying.

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Uk Panel´s Choice - Autumn 2009