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First edition / First printing. Blue cloth spine, green paper-covered boards. 182 pages. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Set in the seaside town of Z, on the Costa Brava, north of Barcelona, The Skating Rink oscillates between two poles: a camp ground and a ruined mansion, the Palacio Benvingut. The story, told by three male narrators, revolves around a beautiful figure skating champion, Nuria Marti. When she is suddenly dropped from the Olympic team, a pompous but besotted civil servant secretly builds a skating rink in the ruined Palacio Benvingut, using public funds. But Nuria has affairs, provokes jealousy, and the skating rink becomes a crime scene. A mysterious pair of women, an ex-opera singer and a taciturn girl often armed with a knife, turn up as well. A complex book, The Skating Rink's short chapters are skillfully broken off with questions to maintain the narrative tension: Who was murdered? Who was the murderer? Will the murderer be caught? All of these questions are answered, and yet The Skating Rink is not fundamentally a crime novel, or not exclusively; it's also about political corruption, sex, the experience of immigration, and frustrated passion.And it's an atmospheric chronicle of one summer season in a seaside town, with its vacationers, its drifters, its businessmen, bureaucrats and social workers. "He is by far the most exciting writer to come from South of the Rio Grande in a long time." -Ilan Stavans, Los Angeles Times Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 208 p.

Minimal wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; 182 pages.

Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 208 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.

New York: New Directions (2009). First edition. First printing. Hardbound. New/New. A pristine unread copy, with mylar dust jacket protector. Smoke free shop. Shipped in sturdy box. This book immediately went into a second printing. A novel, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews.

Size: 8x5x0; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!