Pepe Carvalho [SEP] creator
Pepe Carvalho
Pepe Carvalho is a fictional private detective, the protagonist of a series of novels written by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán.
The character.
Carvalho has a rich, complex and contradictory personality. The author uses his adventures to describe, and in many instances criticize, the political and cultural situation of Spanish society during the last half of the 20th century. For example, the self-destructive process of the Communist Party during the early period of the transition is being described in "Asesinato en el Comité Central"
returning to his home country from a speaking tour of Australia. His last book, "La aznaridad", was published posthumously.
Detective Carvalho saga.
The first novel featuring the 50-year-old gastronome-detective Pepe Carvalho is "Yo maté a Kennedy" ("I killed Kennedy") in 1972, followed by "Tatuaje" ("Tattoo") in 1975 and "La soledad del manager" ("The Angst-Ridden Executive") in 1977.
The rest of the Pepe Carvalho saga