{"product_id":"tom-s-nevinson-javier-marias-9780241568637","title":"Tomás Nevinson by Javier Marías (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE FINAL NOVEL FROM THE GREATEST SPANISH WRITER OF HIS GENERATION, JAVIER MARÍAS \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'No-one nowadays writes prose like Javier Marías . . . If you're already a fan, you'll know what to expect and rejoice. If you're not, what a treat you have in store' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Herald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpain in the 1990s is beset by a simmering campaign of terror from Basque separatists ETA, with periodic atrocities shattering an illusory calm. Against this backdrop, retired British Secret Service member Tomás Nevinson - now living a quiet life in his hometown Madrid - is approached by his sinister former handler, Bertram Tupra, with an offer to bring him back in from the cold, for one last assignment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis mission: to go back undercover, in a small Spanish town, to find out which of three women who moved there a decade ago is in fact an ETA terrorist, on loan from the IRA, now on the run and living there incognito. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharting a world where right and wrong, and good and evil, are irreparably blurred, Javier Marías takes us on a journey of rare and unforgettable suspense in this, the final novel written before his untimely death in 2022. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Margaret Jull Costa \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The last word from a master . . . once you've been inside Marías' world, to spend too long outside is unbearable' \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A twisting espionage tale shot through with slantwise humour . . . seductive and inescapably poignant' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54953046802775,"sku":"9780241568637","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/4569\/5575\/files\/9780241568637.jpg?v=1788868510","url":"https:\/\/somiibooks.com\/products\/tom-s-nevinson-javier-marias-9780241568637","provider":"Somiibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}