 First edition (publ. Seix Barral) | |
| Author | Manuel Vázquez Montalbán |
|---|---|
| Translator | Carol & Thomas Christensen |
| Language | Spanish |
| Publisher | Seix Barral, Atheneum |
| Publication date | 1990 |
| Publication place | Spain |
| Published in English | 1992 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 343 p. |
| ISBN | 9788432206238 |
| OCLC | 1024348007 |
Galíndez is a novel by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, published in 1990. It centres on a real, dramatic and dark episode of the history of the Dominican Republic: the kidnapping, torturing and murdering of Jesús de Galíndez in 1956, representative of the Basque government in exile before the U.S. State Department and the involvement and cover-up by the CIA. The novel received Spain's National Literary Award in 1991 and the Europa Prize.
The detective and narrator of the novel is Muriel Corbert. She is a history graduate who seeks out the truth of Galíndez' fate. In doing so she travels from the United States, to Spain and then the Dominican Republic, and uncovers a conspiracy between Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo, the CIA and Francoist Spain.
The novel was made into a film in 2003, called El Misterio Galíndez (literally "The Galindez Mystery", but also known as "The Galíndez File"). The film stars Saffron Burrows and Harvey Keitel.
References
- ^ Herzberger, David; Colmeiro, José F. (2008). Altisent, Martha Eulalia (ed.). A companion to the twentieth-century Spanish novel. Woodbridge: Tamesis. pp. 113, 121–122. ISBN 978-1-85566-174-5. OCLC 244314956.
- ^ Martín-Cabrera, Luis (2011). Radical justice : Spain and the Southern Cone beyond market and state. Bucknell University Press. : Bucknell University Press. ISBN 978-1-61148-357-4. OCLC 749264764.
- ^ Fainaru, Dan (22 September 2003). "The Galindez File (El Misterio Galindez)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ Holland, Jonathan (8 September 2003). "The Galindez File". Variety. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ Schwartz, Ronald (2008). Great Spanish films since 1950. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-4616-9661-2. OCLC 863824716.
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