Overview
La historia apasionante de una mujer valiente que antepone su honor y su dignidad al convencionalismo de la época.
Barcelona, 1969. Bertha es funcionaria en el Juzgado Especial de Vagos y Maleantes, donde se persigue a colectivos disidentes o excluidos de la sociedad por su pensamiento, oficio o inclinación sexual. Sin embargo, tiene problemas para acatar órdenes que conllevan el sufrimiento de inocentes. Cuando su hermano aparece muerto en extrañas circunstancias, se ve obligada a investigar una trama gubernamental que lleva la represión al límite y que podría acabar con su carrera y con su propia vida.
La primera novela de la abogada y jueza Purificación Pujol es un thriller trepidante, ambientado en Barcelona y Menorca, que combina acción e intriga y desvela los entresijos del poder político y jurídico antes de la Transición.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The gripping story of a brave woman that puts her honor and her dignity ahead of the conventionalism of the time.
Barcelona, 1969. Bertha is a civil servant at the Vagrancy and Crime Court, where she prosecutes dissident collectives or groups excluded from society due to their ideas, profession, or sexual orientation. However, she has a problem following orders that entail the suffering of innocents. When her brother is found dead under strange circumstances, she is forced to investigate a government plot that takes repression to the limit and could put an end to her career and even her life.
The first novel by lawyer and judge Purificación Pujol is a heart-pounding thriller set in Barcelona and Menorca that combines action and intrigue, and unveils the intricacies of the political and legal system prior to the Spanish transition to democracy.
Barcelona, 1969. Bertha es funcionaria en el Juzgado Especial de Vagos y Maleantes, donde se persigue a colectivos disidentes o excluidos de la sociedad por su pensamiento, oficio o inclinación sexual. Sin embargo, tiene problemas para acatar órdenes que conllevan el sufrimiento de inocentes. Cuando su hermano aparece muerto en extrañas circunstancias, se ve obligada a investigar una trama gubernamental que lleva la represión al límite y que podría acabar con su carrera y con su propia vida.
La primera novela de la abogada y jueza Purificación Pujol es un thriller trepidante, ambientado en Barcelona y Menorca, que combina acción e intriga y desvela los entresijos del poder político y jurídico antes de la Transición.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The gripping story of a brave woman that puts her honor and her dignity ahead of the conventionalism of the time.
Barcelona, 1969. Bertha is a civil servant at the Vagrancy and Crime Court, where she prosecutes dissident collectives or groups excluded from society due to their ideas, profession, or sexual orientation. However, she has a problem following orders that entail the suffering of innocents. When her brother is found dead under strange circumstances, she is forced to investigate a government plot that takes repression to the limit and could put an end to her career and even her life.
The first novel by lawyer and judge Purificación Pujol is a heart-pounding thriller set in Barcelona and Menorca that combines action and intrigue, and unveils the intricacies of the political and legal system prior to the Spanish transition to democracy.
This book title, El honor de los decentes / Honor of the Virtuous, ISBN: 9788401033223, by Purificación Pujol, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (November 12, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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