En esta novela, Enrique Ojembarrena construye, a traves del itinerario de una figura cumbre del toreo, una novela polifacetica que encuadra tantos los usos y costumbres de la epoca, las preocupaciones politicas y las societarias, junto con la relacion estrecha que en la sociedad espanola ha tenido lugar frecuentemente entre la intelectualidad y la aristocracia y el toreo. Pero otras satisfacciones le esperan al simple lector sea aficionado o no. Y ello producido por la especial escritura que usa Ojembarrena, una manera de novelar agil y amena, hermosamente bella en la prosa, animadas las...

"In this novel, the author follows the course of one of Spain's greatest bullfighters, and in so doing, he creates a multi-faceted novel that frames the customs and traditions of the era, the political and societal concerns, as well as the close tie that frequently existed in Spanish society between the intellectuals and the aristocracy on the one hand, and the bullfight on the other. There are, however, further satisfactions awaiting the simple reader, whether he be an "aficionado" or not. And this is thanks to the special style employed, a manner of writing that is agile and engaging,...

Cape Town Blues is a book of 19 short stories. Their protagonists are ordinary men and women of Cape Town. They constitute the inner life of the city that goes on unnoticed except by accident. However they give existence to the city. They are its music. Blues.

While trying to recover his father's inheritance a young man faces up to love and responsibility in a world where death and larceny are around the corner.