Author: Carlos Montaner
- Fiction
- Suma de Letras
- ISBN: 9781622638963
- Release Date: 05-25-2014
Synopsis
The year is 1947. Rafael Mallo, prisoner in a Francoist penitentiary, is waiting in agony for his execution. A Trotsykist writer educated in Moscow, he has been locked up for seven years. Surprisingly, though, he is freed, and he is soon reunited with a former lover, Sarah Vandor. They had—and now resume—a stormy relationship. It’s the beginning of the Cold War. The USSR and the United States are secretly opposed in the land of ideas, but that doesn’t mean that heads won’t literally roll. Who is behind these crimes? It’s difficult to know. Time of Scoundrels tells it all. It’s a political thriller, it’s the recounting of an era, and it is also a story of love and betrayal, with an unexpected ending.
Es el año 1947, Rafael Mallo, preso en una cárcel franquista, está a la agónica espera de que lo fusilen. Lleva siete años encerrado. Es un escritor trotskista formado en Moscú. Sorprendentemente, lo ponen en libertad y se reencuentra con una antigua amante, Sarah Vandor. Tuvieron y reanudan una relación tormentosa. Es el comienzo de la Guerra Fría. La URSS y Estados Unidos se enfrentan secretamente en el terreno de las ideas, pero eso no excluye que, literalmente, rueden algunas cabezas. ¿Quién está detrás de esos crímenes? Es difícil saberlo. Tiempo de canallas lo cuenta. Es un thriller político, es el recuento de una época, y es, además, una historia de amores y traiciones con un inesperado final.
Carlos Alberto Montaner was born in Havana and has lived in Madrid for the past forty years. He has published 25 books. Montaner is a professor and a journalist. It is estimated that six million people read his columns, published weekly in numerous newspapers and websites. He is also a news analyst for CNN en español.
