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Tattoo

Tattoo

by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (Author), Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (Author)

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    Paperback 2008

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Synopsis

Pepe Carvalho, ex-cop, ex-marxist and constant gourmet, is working as a private detective in Barcelona, when a body is pulled out of the sea, its face so badly destroyed that the only way of identifying it is through a tattoo that says: 'Born to raise hell in hell'. A local hairdresser hires Carvalho to find out who the man is. Meanwhile, the Barcelona police make a connection between the murder and local drug dealers and prostitutes, and they begin raiding bars and brothels. A lead on the identity of the murdered man brings Carvalho to Amsterdam, where he gets entangled with a drug gang. As the pace accelerates, Carvalho realises that this is no straightforward John Doe case.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 21 Aug 2008
ISBN 10: 1846686679
ISBN 13: 9781846686672

Media Reviews
Pepe Carvalho is a phlegmatic investigator. His greatest concern is with his stomach, but when not pursuing delicacies, he can unravel the most tangled of mysteries. * Sunday Times *
Montalban is a writer who is caustic about the powerful and tender towards the oppressed. * TLS *
Montalban does for Barcelona what Chandler did for Los Angeles - he exposes the criminal power relationships beneath the facade of democracy. * Guardian *
Montalban writes with authority and compassion - a Le Carre-like sorrow. * Publishers Weekly *
Tattoo is a breathlessly complusive page-turner. -- Alex Donohue * The Big Issue Wales *
Sex, death and food in Barcelona? It has to be a winner. -- N/A * Spain magazine *
[W]ell worth reading. -- Susanna Yager * Sunday Telegraph *
[A] welcome first appearence in Englsih... Distinctive and abrasive, Tattoo is a good introduction to Montalban if you haven't tried him before. -- Andrew Taylor * Spectator *
[B]etter than most crime writers' best. -- Marcel Berlins * The Times *
This is a well-trailed, nicely plotted murder mystery - with plenty of misdirected leads. -- Gerald Kaufman * The Scotsman *
Those who prefer getting inside characters' heads to figuring out whodunit will enjoy this mystery in Montalban's series featuring food-loving PI Pepe Carvalho * PW *
Author Bio
Manuel Vazquez Montalban was born in Barcelona in 1939. He was a journalist, novelist and creator of Pepe Carvalho, a fast-living, gourmet private detective. Montalban won both the Raymond Chandler Prize and the French Grand Prix of Detective Fiction for his thrillers, which are translated into all major languages. He died in October 2003.