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The final novel from Spain's most acclaimed writer, a novel about a charismatic half-Spanish, half-English man who is recruited by British intelligence • “Marías’s best work.” —El País

“Compelling, hypnotic, and exciting at the same time.” —Los Angeles Review of Books

Retired spy Tomás Nevinson—once an agent for the British…

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A spy story with a heart. A secret agent is sent to a small city to assassinate a woman who was once a terrorist, but there's one snag - he must choose the right one among three different suspects. (The other two are innocent). His mission gets increasingly complicated when he develops relationships with each of his potential targets while performing his due diligence. The last novel by the great Spanish novelist Javier Marías.

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