Even the Darkest Night

The portrait of a man who becomes a hero inspite of himself * ABC. *
A tense thriller from the first page to the last * Vanguardia. *
Even The Darkest Night is a gem of a book, easily the best I’ve read this year. A contemporary police procedural with a literary edge. I was rooting for the flawed, but deeply compassionate Melchor Marín from the first page to the last. Highly recommended
A wonderful novel. I look forward to many more Melchor stories * Tablet *
The first in what promises to be an excellent series * Laura Wilson *
Striking * Financial Times *
Stays in the memory … Cercas perfectly captures the fearful mood of a town in rural Catalonia after the crime. He has also come up with an unusual detective * Sunday Times *
Cercas plays fast and loose with literary conventions … it will be fascinating to see how the character of Marín, a knight in tarnished armour, develops * The Times *

Javier Cercas was born in 1962. He is a novelist, short-story writer, and columnist. His books include:

• Soldiers of Salamis (which sold more than a million copies worldwide and won six literary awards in Spain; it was also filmed by David Trueba)
• The Tenant and The Motive
• The Speed of Light
• The Anatomy of a Moment

His books have been translated into more than twenty languages. He lives in Barcelona.

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