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Book SynopsisBrought up in England, Jason Webster has lived for many years in Spain. His acclaimed non-fiction books about Spain include
Duende: A Journey in Search of Flamenco;
Andalus: Unlocking the Secrets of Moorish Spain;
Guerra: Living in the Shadows of the Spanish Civil War;
Sacred Sierra: A Year on a Spanish Mountain and
The Spy with 29 Names. His Max Cámara series of crime novels started with
Or the Bull Kills You, which was was longlisted for the CWA Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards New Blood Dagger 2011. This was followed by
A Death in Valencia, The Anarchist Detective, Blood Med and
A Body in Barcelona. Trade ReviewThe autobiography-as-travelogue that is also a rite of passage is a form which worked brilliantly for Laurie Lee and Bruce Chatwin - both novelists as well as seekers after the truth-behind-the-truth. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new star of the genre: Jason Webster * Daily Mail *
His descriptions of troubled modern day Spain are mesmerising, but the greater curiosity is in seeing just how much trouble the confused innocent can create for himself before finding out whom he might really be * Daily Express *
Wonderfully told, with enough detail about flamenco to educate the curious, and enough drama and characters to fill a novel, Webster may not have turned out to be a guitar maestro, but his journey is recounted like a master * Wanderlust *
Duende is an intensely personal portrait of a country in the throes of modernisation, whose spirit still defies definition * Observer *
One of the best books ever written about Spain * Literary Review *
