Voices en Español

“El enigma de Paris” by Argentine writer Pablo de Santis was last month’s book recommendation. I now have four brand spanking new copies of the book available directly from Harper Collins, the publisher. The novel is a detective story set in turn of the century Paris during the 1899 World’s Fair. The characters are a group of master sleuths, known as the 12 Detectives, who meet for the first time in Paris. When Louis Darbon, one of the 12, dies after falling from the Eiffel Tower, a mystery unfolds and a cat-and-a-mouse game begins to uncover who the murderer before he strikes again.

I started reading the book yesterday and so far so good. The prose is straightforward and de Santis’ writing style is easy to follow and understand.

If you’d like to get one of the available four copies, just make a donation to cover the cost of packaging and postage via the PayPal link on this blog. For addresses in the U.S., $6 will cover it. If you’re in Western Europe, $15. Anywhere else in the world, I’ll need to check with the U.S. Postal Service about the postage cost. Send me an email, containing your mailing address, via the Contact form of this blog if you would like a copy of the book. I can ship the books out within 24 hours. Or, if you prefer, you can purchase El enigma de Paris: Novela (Spanish Edition) from Amazon.com.

Here’s a video snippet of an interview with the author, Pablo de Santis. The audio quality isn’t great so you may have to strain your ears to hear what he’s saying. But he’s got that cool Argentine accent so it’s fun to listen to anyway. Enjoy! (¡Ojo! Around 1:37 of the video there’s a 10-second cllp from a horror movie that might be disturbing to some viewers, so just letting you know in advance.)