Barcelona Dreaming Av Rupert Thomson

<p><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD PRIZE FOR FICTION WITH A SENSE OF PLACE</b><br><br><b>''His confident, spellbinding prose is jewelled with uncanny details, gliding along in language that strikes, unsettles, and reawakens at every turn...This is a brilliant book</b>'' Maya C. Popa<br><br><b>''Cool and controlled...Electrifying...Reading Rupert Thomson novels can easily become an obsession''</b><i>The Times</i><br><br>--------<br><br><b>Set on the eve of the financial crash of 2008, <i>Barcelona Dreaming</i> is made up of three stories that are linked by time and place, and also by the moving, unexpected interactions of a rich cast of characters.</b><br><br>The stories are narrated, in turn, by an English woman who runs a gift shop, an alcoholic jazz pianist, and a translator tormented by unrequited love, all of whose lives will be changed forever. Underpinning the novel, and casting a long shadow, is a crime committed against a young Moroccan immigrant.<br><br>Exploring themes