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Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (June 14, 1939 - October 18, 2003) was a Spanish journalist, poet and novelist, mainly known for his novels featuring Pepe Carvalho, a Barcelona private investigator of Galician origin.
He started out in 1967 as a poet, and his poetical work up to 1986 is published as Memoria y deseo (Memory and desire).
He was a Communist. He was well known as a gastronomer, as was Carvalho, and some of the books contain recipes.
For many years, he contributed columns and articles to the Madrid daily newspaper El País.
He died in Bangkok, Thailand, while returning to his home country from a speaking tour of Australia.
Carvalho Novels
(only books that are confirmedly available in english have their titles translated)
- Yo maté a Kenedy 1972
- Tatuaje (Tatuaje) 1975
- The Angst-Ridden Executive (La soledad del manager) 1977
- Southern Seas (Los Mares del Sur) 1979
- Murder in the Central Committee (Asesinato en el Comité Central) 1981
- Los pájaros de Bangkok 1983
- La rosa de Alejandría 1984
- El balneario 1986
- El delantero centro fue asesinado al atardecer 1989
- El laberinto griego 1991
- An Olympic Death (Sabotaje olímpico) 1993
- El hermano pequeño 1994
- El Premio 1996
- The Buenos Aires Quintet (Quinteto de Buenos Aires) 1997
- El hombre de mi vida 2000
- Milenio Carvalho 2004
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