Against Nature
Original title: Contra natura
A novel that reflects an independent and politically incorrect discourse, as removed from the Catholic Church's condemnations as it is from the saccharine figurines on the wedding cake at a gay marriage. The retired publisher Javier Salazar lives comfortably in his flat in Madrid. He has the satisfied feeling of having been finally compensated by life... Until one afternoon he interrupts his reading to go for a walk in the park, where he meets a young man, Ramón Durán, with whom he exchanges words and jokes. The beginning of a relationship between them will let some old concerns fly into Salazar's conscience: a tortured conscience, full of charm and brilliantness, but also of scorn, vanity and self destruction. When Ramón Durán‚s old professor Juanjo Garnacho enters the stage, the relationship becomes a dangerous minefield.A frenetic and contemporary plot which doesn‚t lack suicides, assassinations and police investigations. Once again, Pombo unfolds his best weapons: the talent to captivate daily life, his mastery for dialogues, the sense of humour and a powerful and dazzling prose that entraps the reader from beginning to end.
A novel that reflects an independent and politically incorrect discourse, as removed from the Catholic Church's condemnations as it is from the saccharine figurines on the wedding cake at a gay marriage. The retired publisher Javier Salazar lives comfortably in his flat in Madrid. He has the satisfied feeling of having been finally compensated by life... Until one afternoon he interrupts his reading to go for a walk in the park, where he meets a young man, Ramón Durán, with whom he exchanges words and jokes. The beginning of a relationship between them will let some old concerns fly into Salazar's conscience: a tortured conscience, full of charm and brilliantness, but also of scorn, vanity and self destruction. When Ramón Durán‚s old professor Juanjo Garnacho enters the stage, the relationship becomes a dangerous minefield.A frenetic and contemporary plot which doesn‚t lack suicides, assassinations and police investigations. Once again, Pombo unfolds his best weapons: the talent to captivate daily life, his mastery for dialogues, the sense of humour and a powerful and dazzling prose that entraps the reader from beginning to end.
