The Neruda Case: A Novel

About this book

Published for the first time in English an atmospheric brilliant novel from an internationally bestselling literary luminary. Roberto Ampueros novels starring the wonderfully roguish Cayetano Brul are an international sensation. In The Neruda Case readers are introduced to Cayetano as he takes on his first case as a private eye. Set against the fraught political world of pre-Pinochet Chile Castros Cuba and perilous behind-the-Wall East Berlin this mystery spans countries cultures and political ideas and features one of literatures most beloved figuresPablo Neruda. Cayetano meets the poet at a party in Chile in the 1970s. The dying Neruda recruits Cayetano to help him solve the last great mystery of his life. As Cayetano fumbles around his first case finding it hard to embrace the new inspector identity foisted upon him he begins to learn more about Nerudas hidden agenda. Neruda sends him on a whirlwind expedition around the world ending back in Chile where Pinochets coup plays out against the final revelations of their journey. Evocative romantic and full of intrigue Ampueros novel is both a glimpse into the life of Pablo Neruda as death approaches and a political thriller that unfolds during the fiercely convulsive end of an era.