Synopsis
From "the most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary
Spanish literature" (Boston Globe), a riveting novel
of infidelity and a man trapped by a terrible secret:
now for the first time in paperback. "No one ever
suspects," begins Tomorrow in the Battle Think
On Me, "that they might one day find themselves
with a dead woman in their arms...."
Marta
has just met Víctor when she invites him to dinner
at her Madrid apartment while her husband is away on business.
When her two-year-old son finally falls asleep, Marta
and Víctor retreat to the bedroom. Undressing,
she feels suddenly ill; and in his arms, inexplicably,
she dies.What should Víctor do? Remove the compromising
tape from the phone machine? Leave food for the child,
for breakfast? These are just his first steps, but he
soon takes matters further; unable to bear the shadows
and the unknowing, Víctor plunges into dark waters.
And Javier Marías, Europe's master of secrets,
of what lies reveal and truth may conceal, is on sure
ground in this profound, quirky, and marvelous novel.