Presentación de novela de Juan Madrid (37898885826)

Juan Madrid (born 1947, in

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) is a

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writer, journalist and script writer.

Biography

He studied in

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and gained a degree in Contemporary History from the

University of Salamanca The University of Salamanca ( es, Universidad de Salamanca) is a Spanish higher education institution, located in the city of Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It was founded in 1218 by King Alfonso IX. It is th ...

. He has written for

Cambio 16 ''Cambio 16'' is a Spanish language monthly current affairs magazine published in Madrid, Spain, by "Group 16". History and profile ''Cambio 16'' was first published as a weekly in September 1971 and played an important media role during the Sp ...

since 1974, and this is where he currently works as an investigative reporter. He has written novels, chronicles, tales, short stories, youth novels and scripts for comics, films and TV. He admits to having started writing whilst preparing propaganda leaflets for the Spanish Communist Party, an activity that was illegal at the time. He became recognised as a

noir novel Noir (or noire) is the French word for black. It may also refer to: Places In Canada * Noire River (Ottawa River tributary), in the Outaouais region of Quebec * Noire River, a tributary of the Yamaska River in Eastern Townships area, Quebec I ...

ist after the publication of the collection ''Círculo del Crimen'' (SEDEMAY Editions), and became finalist of this collection's prize in 1980. In the same year he also published his first novel, ''Un beso de amigo'' (A Friend's Kiss), featuring the fictional character Toni Romano for the first time. Romano is the main character, a skeptical former policeman, boxer and debt collector, archetypchal of the Chandlerian detective in the Madrid of the Transition. Madrid faithfully follows the rules of the traditional noir novel, mainly focusing on the social aspects of the time he describes, not always peaceful, with its flagrant contradictions and characters sometimes bordering marginality. The crumbling of values, power corruption and greed, and the circles of influence are commonplace in his novels. Some of his works have been made into films (Días Contados, Tánger).

Bibliography

Novels

*Un beso de amigo (1980) *Las apariencias no engañan (1982) *Nada que hacer (1984) *Regalo de la casa (1986) *Un trabajo fácil (1985) *Días contados (1993) *Brigada Central, (13 novels) *Cuentas pendientes (1995) *Malos tiempos (1995) *Tánger (1997) *Restos de carmín (1999) *Gente bastante extraña (2001) *Grupo de noche (2003) *Pájaro en mano (2007) *Adios, princesa (2008)

Tales

*Hotel Paraíso (1987) *Jungla (1988) *Oídos sordos (1990) *La mirada *Crónicas del Madrid oscuro (1994)

Youth Literature

*Cuartos oscuros (1993) *Los cañones de Durango (1996) *Los piratas del Ranghum (1996) *En el mar de China (1997) *El fugitivo de Borneo (1998) *Los Senderos del Tigre (2005)

Scripts

*TV Series ''Brigada Central''

Other

*Mujeres & mujeres (1996, short story) *La mano negra (1998, essay) *Viaje por el Amazonas (documentary)

References

External links

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La Gangsterera Total (in Spanish)
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