CORONA DE FLORES (THE WREATH OF FLOWERS)

Book ID/图书代码： 08443010B36023

English Summary/英文概要： Corona de flores (The Wreath of Flowers). Barcelona, 1877. The city shudders under a cloud of chemical smoke and trembles beneath the menace of the Killer of Esperanza. Semproni de Paula, the diminutive, paranoid and violent inspector, and Menelaus Roca, an agoraphobic and photophobic anatomist with a past as a homicidal maniac, are charged with unravelling the mystery of the wave of murders. Around them roam a cohort of secondary characters, all darkly interconnected by webs of intrigue and treachery: Aniol Almarossa, the city’s latest literary star, engaged in a war against morals, author of a pamphlet preaching decadentism which has been adopted by the city’s youth; Max Téller, the absurdly superstitious transvestite underworld king, always accompanied by his sinister little monkey; Dado Blokium, an erudite and pompous diplomat; and Liberata, Menelaus Roca’s mute maid, embroiled in an unhealthy relationship with her boss while holding the key to a far-reaching mystery. From the underworld to palace salons, from the city’s sick underbelly to the heights of observatories which look out on to a changing sky, this is an esoteric and hypnotic horror story, a crime novel set in XIX century Barcelona.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《花环》：1877年的巴塞罗那。都市在化学烟雾的笼罩下和埃斯佩兰萨的杀手威胁中战栗。Semproni de Paula，矮小多疑的暴力检察官；Menelaus Roca，怕光怕陌生环境，拥有杀人狂过往的解剖学家；两人奉命解开连环杀人的谜团。他们的周围是一连串的二线角色，各个被兴趣和背叛之网紧紧相连：Aniol Almarossa，都市的文学新星，投身于反道德的战争中，写了一本宣扬堕落并被年轻人采纳的小册子；Max Téller，迷信到可笑地步的异装癖，这个黑社会老大总是伴有他那只不祥的猴子；Dado Blokium，博学自大的外交官；还有Liberata，Menelaus Roca的哑仆女，和她的主人关系不正常，又是影响深远的谜团的关键。从黑社会到宫殿沙龙，从城市病态的腹地到观摩天变的高高气象台，这本犯罪小说讲述的是个以19世纪巴塞罗那为背景的恐怖故事，神秘难解，引人入胜。(兼职翻译-SXX)

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Sold rights in France to Galaade and in Italy to Baldini Castoldi Dalai.

About the Author/作者介绍： Javier Calvo (Barcelona, 1973) is a novelist, screenwriter, translator, and literary critic. His literary debut was a collection of not-so-short stories entitled Risas Enlatadas (Mondadori, 2001). His first novel, El Dios Reflectante (Mondadori, 2003), cemented his reputation as one of the most original and provocative voices of contemporary Spanish literature. His later work was Los ríos perdidos de Londres (Mondadori, 2005). He is also the author of the script for the film Remake (2006), directed by Roger Gual. Mundo Maravilloso (Mondadori, 2007) was short-listed for the Fundación José Manuel Lara Novel Award to the Best Book of the Year 2008 according to Spanish publishers. His latest novel is Corona de flores (Mondadori, 2010).

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