Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me
by:
Javier Marías (author)
Victor, a ghostwriter, is just about to have an affair with Marta, a married woman, when - in the bedroom, half-undressed - she drops dead in his arms. He panics and slips away. But Marta's family are all too aware that she was not alone when she died, and Dean, the widowed husband, is determined...
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Victor, a ghostwriter, is just about to have an affair with Marta, a married woman, when - in the bedroom, half-undressed - she drops dead in his arms. He panics and slips away. But Marta's family are all too aware that she was not alone when she died, and Dean, the widowed husband, is determined to find out who was sharing her bed that night.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780141199986 (0141199989)
Publish date: August 2nd 2012
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Mystery,
Contemporary,
Noir,
Spanish Literature,
Death,
Spain
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