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608 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2017
"the labyrinth of a wounded soul is impenetrable to anyone who tries to find their way through with logic and reason."víctor del árbol's new novel, above the rain (por encima de la lluvia), is as much a character study as it is crime fiction. set mostly in spain and sweden across seven months in 2014, the barcelona-born author's latest blends mystery, thriller, and philosophical page-turner.
miguel's secret verdict about his fellow human beings was resolute: he saw the vast majority of the public at large as utter morons. he had no scientific data to uphold this belief, but based it on a lifetime of experience in the banking sector. with a few honorable exceptions, the people he'd met were unrepentant dreamers who not so much allowed themselves to be deceived as demanded it; they were people who couldn't stand hearing the truth when it contradicted their illusory aspirations. people who possessed not the slightest capacity to analyze their options in life realistically, who imperiously demanded privileges to which they were unentitled, unable to fathom that what they saw as unfair—that some had more than others—was the natural order of things.