Overview
Barcelona, finales de 1969. El marqués de Soto, don Julio Urquízar, es hallado muerto y con signos de violencia. Lo que se esconde tras este trágico suceso empezó a fraguarse a principios de ese mismo año...
Seis meses antes. El mundo de esplendor en el que el marqués vivía se tambalea. Por un lado, le acecha el peligro de la ruina económica. Por otro, la relación con su esposa lleva años inmersa en una especie de guerra fría, y su primogénito se comporta como un irresponsable vástago de casa rica. El marqués solo se siente cercano a su hija Marina, una universitaria aburrida de su ambiente con ansia de explorar otros lugares, barrios y amores.
Esta curiosidad será la que llevará a la joven a iniciar una apasionada relación con Jaco, el hijo de su antigua niñera, que aspira a salir de la pobreza gracias al boxeo. Pero mientras el romance avanza a escondidas, una amenaza empieza a cernirse sobre la furtiva pareja: un oscuro plan que marcará sus destinos y los de aquellos a quienes más aman.
Chufo Lloréns, el gran cronista de Barcelona, nos transporta hacia una ciudad turbulenta de barrios adinerados y callejones sórdidos, en esta fascinante historia de amor, ambición, decadencia y sueños de libertad.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Impossible relationships, private vices, and a crime that altered everyone’s life in Barcelona, in the nineteen sixties.
Barcelona, late 1969. The Marquis de Soto, Don Julio Urquízar, is found dead and shows signs of violence. What is behind this tragic incident began earlier that year...
Six months prior. The world of splendor where the Marquis lives falters. On one hand, the danger of financial ruin is lurking. On the other hand, his relationship with his wife has been immersed in some sort of cold war, and his first-born son behaves like the irresponsible offspring of a rich man. The Marquis only feels close to his daughter, Marina, an undergraduate bored with her environment, eager to explore other places, neighborhoods, and romances.
Curiosity will lead the young woman to start a passionate affair with Jaco, her former nanny’s son, who tries to escape poverty through boxing. But while their romance progresses in secret, a threat begins to loom over the furtive couple: a dark plan that will mark their fate and the fate of those they love the most.
Chufo Lloréns, Barcelona’s great chronicler, transports us to a turbulent city of upscale neighborhoods and sordid alleys, in this fascinating story of love, ambition, decadence, and dreams of freedom.
This book title, Nada sucede la víspera / Nothing Happens on the Eve, ISBN: 9788425368820, by Chufo Llorens, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (March 18, 2025) is available in hardcover. 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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