Eva, by Arturo Pérez Reverte

Lorenzo Falcó is already another of those star characters who Arturo Perez Reverte has successfully built for Hispanic literature. Of course, this wicked, cynical and opportunistic guy has nothing to do with the glorious Alatriste, but he is the sign of the times. The hero gives up the baton to the antihero as the absolute protagonist. It must be a matter of fed up with the vision of a triumphant evil, roaming at ease in an anesthetized society.

On this occasion, we are in March 1937. Lorenzo Falcó continues to act in the shadows, under the directives of the rebels, in that dark task so necessary to change the course of the war, if necessary. In war and in love anything goes, a phrase that seems coined for this dark character, who seems to have it internalized to be able to act unscrupulously in those shadows of espionage, conspiracies and contacts with the devil himself.

Displaced to Tangier, Lorenzo Falcó has the mission of striking a blow to the Spanish ruling party that leaves him economically destitute, weakened and without any credit with the rest of the world. A dirty job that will result in poverty, misery and famine for the people. A performance that is necessary to be carried out from that ignominious space that our character occupies, so that that people for which they supposedly fought with nobility, do not know of such dirty tricks.

In front of Lorenzo Eva emerges, a harmless-looking woman who dazzles Falcó but also participates in that dirty war, only on the opposite side. Depending on the context, loving or hating is just a matter of focus, being able to move from one place to another as needed. But it is no less true that in the comings and goings between antagonistic sensations one ends up leaving shreds of the soul, undressing before a reality that can lead you to rethink your place in the world.

Accustomed to the exquisite documentation of this author, among which he slides fast-paced stories that captivate us by their lively rhythm, their emotional intensity and by that perfect fit with the reality that surrounds the characters, we once again find that pure mastery, that of a pen already used to reaching the highest levels of success.

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