*NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE BOSTON GLOBE AND LOS ANGELES TIMES* *NAMED THE #1 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR IN SPAIN BY EL PAÍS* What is at the root of Muriel's hostility toward his wife? How did Beatriz meet Van Vechten? What happened during the war? Marías leads us deep into the intrigues of these characters, through a daring exploration of rancor, suspicion, loyalty, trust, and the infinitely permeable boundaries between the deceptions perpetrated on us by others and those we inflict upon ourselves. As Juan draws closer to the truth, he uncovers only more questions. Jorge Van Vechten, a family friend implicated in unsavory rumors that Muriel now asks Juan to investigate. But Muriel's voluptuous wife, Beatriz, inhabits their home like an unwanted ghost and on the periphery of their lives is Dr. Urbane, discreet, irreproachable, Muriel is an irresistible idol to the young man. Juan de Vere, nearly finished with his university degree, takes a job as personal assistant to Eduardo Muriel, an eccentric, once-successful film director. calls to mind Paul Auster, Donna Tartt, and Carlos Ruiz Zafón purely as literature, it feels like an heir to the searching human nuance of the novels of Gabriel García Márquez. From the award-winning author of The Infatuations comes the mesmerizing story of a couple living in the shadow of a mysterious, unhappy history-a novel about the cruel, tender punishments we exact on those we love.
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