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by Juan Patricio Riveroll (Author)
En Todo el oro de Lisboa, Juan Patricio Riveroll expone hasta qu? punto pueden arrastrarnos los pecados de las generaciones pasadas cuando se revela el rostro oculto de la familia.
Desde que la escuch? en una intensa noche de juerga en Lisboa, el narrador se obsesion? con la misteriosa historia del padre de Santiago, Pol Espas?, un catal?n exiliado en Portugal durante la Guerra Civil espa?ola, quien muri? dejando una estela de interrogantes relacionadas con varios documentos vinculados con el contrabando de piezas de arte y una red de espionaje nazi.
A trav?s de investigaciones y hallazgos extraordinarios, el protagonista y Santiago pretenden desenredar la mara?a alrededor de la muerte del posible esp?a, su implicaci?n con agentes alemanes durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la inusual vida literaria del bisabuelo del narrador, que escribi? una versi?n alterna del Quijote, comparando sus delirios con los del ingenioso hidalgo. Desvelar esos misterios pondr? a los dos amigos frente a una realidad que quiz? no est?n preparados para enfrentar.
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In Todo el oro de Lisboa (All the Gold of Lisbon), Juan Patricio Riveroll exposes the extent to which the sins of past generations can drag us down when the hidden
Ever since he heard it on an intense night of revelry in Lisbon, the narrator became obsessed with the mysterious story of Santiago's father, Pol Espas?, a Catalan exiled in Portugal during the Spanish Civil War, who died leaving a trail of questions related to several documents linked to the smuggling of pieces of art and a Nazi espionage network.face of the family is revealed.
Through extraordinary research and discoveries, the protagonist and Santiago intend to unravel the tangle surrounding the death of the would-be spy, his involvement with German agents during World War II and the unusual literary life of the narrator's great-grandfather, who wrote an alternate version of Don Quixote, comparing his delusions to those of the ingenious gentleman. Unveiling those mysteries will put the two friends in front of a reality they may not be prepared to face.
