Snow is Silent
By (Author) Benjamin Prado
Translated by translator Sam Richard
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
1st August 2006
Main
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
863.64
176
Width 127mm, Height 197mm, Spine 12mm
150g
The award-winning author of Not Only Fire serves up a tale of sexual obsession in the tradition of Double Indemnity. An unassuming insurance clerk becomes enthralled by a glamorous young woman who entices him to kill her abusive husband. But no sooner has the murder occured than the woman disappears.
"'Classic noir intrigue with a sly literary twist or two... a pleasurably treacherous mystery.' Independent 'Prado conjures up a delicious and wonderfully satisfying dark tale that traverses the gamut of deadly sins. This excellent thriller combines the best elements of old-fashioned noir with a meaty, modern narrative.' Herald 'A smart thriller. Prado offers up the genre pleasures - the twists, a seductive, noir atmosphere - but he also scores with the psychological games. What's going on, who's the murderer, and who's running the show Only at the close do we know.' GQ"
Benjamin Prado was born in Madrid in 1961. He has published several volumes of poetry and a series of novels: Raro (1995), Donde crees que vas y quien te crees que eres (1996), Nunca le des la mano a un pistolero zurdo / Never Shake Hands with a Left-handed Gunman (1996), and Alguien se acerca (1998). No solo el fuego / Not Only Fire was first published in Spain in 1999, and won the prestigious Premio Andalucia de Novela.