From the west coast of Mexico to Peru, or along the Amazon river and crossing the Atlantic till the North Sea, it tells the unique story of a man and his son. They are looking for a dark and painful truth. It is a plea for integrity and a chronicle of the terrible struggle to obtain it. It is, at the same time, a tale of adventures and travels in which it upturns the concept of evil; there is no true penitence without a true punishment.
Jaime Royo-Villanova (Madrid, 1971) is a writer. After the books, Porfirio Ruborosa, el último playboy (‘eleven inches of genius’ Enrique Vila-Matas, El Pais), Almodóvar mon amour y Malvania (‘an unsuspected talent, full of novelty and risk’, Juan Manuel de Prada, ABC). This is his fourth novel. He writes literary criticism, articles, social chronicles and travel journalism for different media.
