Elliptical Life
(La vida elíptica)
Literary Fiction
Luis González Dalmau, dean of the LanguageStudies department at Madrid’s Universidad, killshimself in strange circumstances. As Javier Azcárateis searching the dead man’s office, he finds a copy ofThe Central Corridor. Azcárate is surprised becauseit wasn’t the type of book Dalmau usually read. Thebold journalist Marta Salvador and the sharp-eyedacademic Javier join forces to investigate the identityof a mysterious bestselling author.