Licor negro

El fabuloso circo Ríver está en la ciudad, y como todos los circos, trae consigo historias familiares que no siempre son agradables.

Marco Stanley Fogg is entering the world of adulthood when astronauts set foot on the moon. He was educated by eccentric Uncle Victor. At the dawn of the lunar era, his uncle dead, Marco begins to fall into destitution, loneliness and a kind of calm madness, until the beautiful Kitty Wu rescues him.

Preising, el protagonista de esta exquisita novela de Jonas Lüscher, un magnate industrial de una fábrica en Suiza, es testigo, durante un viaje de negocios a Túnez, de los costosos preparativos de una boda. Por este motivo, unos jóvenes ingleses pertenecientes al mundo de las finanzas de Londres han convocado a amigos y familia a una gran fiesta en un antiguo campamento bereber, situado en el desierto y uno de los destinos del turismo de lujo. Preising asiste a la celebración, donde el derroche y la ostentación parecen ser requisitos indispensables, al tiempo que los indicios...

Finn was the second son who was never meant to become the crown prince. He was the lesser brother, the useless spare, even the rumoured bastard—at least according to his elder brother Henry, who destroyed everything, including himself, and Finn rose to the throne. Now, the memory of Henry still hangs heavy in the air, and his supporters linger in the shadows waiting to strike. It’s time for Finn to fight back. For his people. For the future of his country. For his wife and daughter. For himself. Yet, there are some who will fight dirty, fight with such cold, calculated viciousness, that...