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THE ATHENIAN MURDERS is a brilliant, very entertaining and
absolutely original literary mystery, revolving round two
intertwined riddles. In classical Athens, one of the pupils of
Plato''s Academy is found dead. His idealistic teacher suspects that
this wasn''t an accident and asks Herakles, known as the ''Decipherer
of Enigmas'', to investigate the death and ultimately a dark,
irrational and subversive cult. The second plot unfolds in parallel
through the footnotes of the translator of the text. As he proceeds
with his work, he becomes increasingly convinced that the original
author has hidden a second meaning, which can be brought to light
by interpreting certain repeated words and images. As the main plot
and also the translation of the manuscript advances, there are
certain sinister coincidences, and it seems that the text is
addressing him personally and in an increasingly menacing manner.
THE ATHENIAN MURDERS constitutes a highly compelling, entertaining
and intelligent game about the different ways we can see and read
reality, about our refusal to take things ''as they are'' and our
need to interpret hidden meanings into everyday life.
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Born in Habana in 1959 Somoza is a qalified psychiatrist but has
been writing full-time since 1994. His many awards inc. the
Cervantes Theatre Prize the Cafe Gijon Prize his novel
DAFNE DESVANECIDA was shortlisted for 1 of Spain''s most prestigious
awards- the Nadal Prize.
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