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davereeder 's review for:
Buenos Aires Quintet
by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
Although I found the early Carvalho books fascinating...especially their insight into post-Franco Spain...I thought he ran out of steam a bit in his later books...I feel the transition to Argentina gave the character of his detective new life and the vicious background of post-dictatorship Argentina provides the necessary political context that was slipping from his books as Spain developed into a liberal democracy. Longer than most of the other books in this series I found this a well-shaped novel by a mature and gifted writer - that just happened to follow the thriller genre - but has important messages about politics, economics and humanity. The most satisfying of an enjoyable series as far as I am concerned.