Alicia Giménez-Bartlett is one of Spain’s most popular and beloved crime novelists. She was born in Almansa, Spain, in 1951, and has lived in Barcelona since 1975. In 1997, she was awarded the Femenino Lumen prize for the best female writer in Spain, and in 2015 she was awarded the prestigious Planeta Prize for her novel, Naked Men.
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The women of Giménez-Bartlett’s incendiary Planeta Prize–winning novel deploy their wealth to upend sexual dynamics amid the dislocations of Spain’s collapsing economy. When Irene’s husband leaves her for a younger woman, she retreats from her friends and brushes off...— Publishers Weekly, Sep 26 2018![]()
Spanish-set tale about a troubling relationship between Irene, whose husband has left her for a younger woman, and Javier, who has just lost his teaching post. Their liaison teeters between affection and need, domination and self-interest, money and sex.— The Bookseller, Jul 13 2018
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