Death Will Find Me

Juan Manuel de Prada delivers a fascinating, compulsively readable story that sets the dream of ideals against the brutal struggle for survival. 

Madrid, 1942. Antonio and Carmen team up to fleece wealthy men around Retiro Park. But adversity and misfortune soon force Antonio to flee from justice. To put distance between himself and the law, he enlists in the Blue Division, and in Russia he endures countless hardships. 

Many years later, in 1954, after surviving every kind of ordeal, Antonio returns to Spain. In a murky and dangerous Madrid, a very different kind of adventure begins—one in which Antonio will live the life of a wealthy man. 

But this new life demands constant improvisation, deception, and vigilance to keep the shadows of the past safely hidden. And in his effort to hold them at bay, always stalked by death, he will have to plunge into an ever more tangled web of intrigue. 

A blend of war novel, prisoner narrative, and classic hard-boiled noir, the book stands out for its ambition, its style, its vivid recreation of atmosphere, and above all for its unforgettable, larger-than-life characters.