Publication Date: 01/03/2012 ISBN: 9780099546962 Category:

Or the Bull Kills You

Jason Webster

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Publication Date: 01/03/2012 ISBN: 9780099546962 Category:
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£8.99

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Description

Either you kill the bull, or the bull kills you – traditional proverb.

Chief Inspector Max Camara hates bullfighting but one hot afternoon in Valencia he has to replace his boss, judging a festival corrida that stars Spain’s most famous young matador. That night, he is summoned back to the bullring where the young matador’s dead body now lies, naked and mutilated.

As the city prepares for Fallas, the five day festival of fireworks and celebrations, and the politicians work feverishly towards an election, Camara hunts down his prey through the city’s streets and bars. But as he follows the trail of death, money, corruption and sex in search of the killer, he must also battle his own demons and desires…

Publisher Review

He mixes the various ingredients of Valencian tradition, political factions and personal intrigue into a memorable paella of Mediterranean noir * Independent * Camara's approach to policing is pleasantly quixotic, involving as little time on the job as possible, but the shambolic cop with virility issues is absorbing company and Webster captures the manic atmosphere of the fiesta -- Siobhan Murphy * Metro * Nifty plotting, great descriptions and the most enchanting new detective I've come across in a good while * Guardian * Does for Spain what Michael Dibdin did to wonderful effect in his 'Zen' novels for Italy ... a marvellous novel ripe with passion, love and murder ... it is wonderful to read about a crime thriller in the sun - rather than the latest fashion of Swedish murders with its freezing cold and bleak weather, short days and long nights! * Crimesquad.com * One of the most attractive figures to enter recent detective fiction... Like the best detective stories, this book becomes a scrutiny of our most powerful drives and secrets -- Jane Jakeman * Independent *

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