Your face tomorrow
fever and spear
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Author
Contributions
- Costa, Margaret Jull. - Contributor
Publication
2005 - New Directions Pub. Corp., New York, New York (State)
Language
English
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Page Count
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Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3392096M
- ISBN-100811216128
- OCLC Control Number57422319
- OCLC Control Number57380475
- Library of Congress Control Number2005000992
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- LibraryThing120322
- Goodreads254351
Classifications
- DDC863/.64
- LCCPQ6663.A7218 T8313 2005
Description
«No debería contar nunca nada» empieza por decir el narrador de esta historia, Jaime o Jacobo o Jacques Deza. Y sin embargo su tarea va a ser la contraria, contarlo todo, hasta lo aún no sucedido, al ser contratado por un grupo sin nombre que durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial creó el M16, el Servicio Secreto británico, y que aún funciona hoy en día de manera tal vez degradada, o acaso ya bajo diferente auspicios. El protagonista regresa a Inglaterra, en cuya Universidad de Oxford había enseñado muchos años atrás, «por no seguir cerca de mi mujer mientras ella se me alejaba». Y allí descubre que, según Sir Peter Wheeler, viejo profesor retirado «con demasiados recuerdos» él también pertenece al reducido grupo de personas que posee un «don» o maldición: el de ver lo que la gente hará en el futuro, el de conocer hoy cómo será sus rostros mañana, el de saber quiénes nos traicionarán o nos serán leales.
Description
Part spy novel, part romance, part Henry James, Your Face Tomorrow is a wholly remarkable display of the immense gifts of Javier Marias. With Fever and Spear, volume one of his unfolding novel Your Face Tomorrow, he returns us to the rarified world of Oxford (the delightful setting of All Souls and Dark Back of Time), while introducing us to territory entirely new--espionage. Our hero, Jaime Deza, separated from his wife in Madrid, is a bit adrift in London until his old friend Sir Peter Wheelerâ, retired Oxford don and semi-retired master spy, recruits him for a new career in British Intelligence. Deza possesses a rare gift for seeing behind the masks people wear. He is soon observing interviews conducted by Her Majesty's secret service: variously shady international businessmen one day, would-be coup leaders the next. Seductively, this metaphysical thriller explores past, present, and future in the ever-more-perilous 21st century. This compelling and enigmatic tour de force from one of Europe's greatest writers continues with volume two, Dance and Dream, and volume three, Poison, Shadow and Farewell.
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- Your face tomorrow: fever and spear
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