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1970s: Post-Franco Spain is a world of disillusioned lefties, graphic sex and nouvelle cuisine
Southern Seas
What you need to know before your trail
Stuart Pedrell, a powerful businessman, is found murdered in a Barcelona suburb. He had been on his way to Polynesia in search of the visionary spirit of Paul Gauguin when he went missing.
Pepe Carvalho, overweight bon viveur and ex-communist heads off on the trail for Pedrell’s killer and unearths a world of disillusioned lefties, graphic sex and nouvelle cuisine – major ingredients of post-Franco Spain
Locations
Reset- Spain - Barcelona
- A: Ajuntament
- B: Carrer la Rambla
- C: Carrer de Ferran
- D: Vallvidrera
- E: Les Tres Torres
Travel Guide
Barcelona
Barcelona in the 70’s has an interesting backdrop to offer. Part Politics and part history, this is a city undergoing great change and it’s characterized by chaos
Stuart Pedrell is one of many Spanish men who seemingly decide that they can go off to Polynesia/ Southern Seas without leaving any kind of trace behind.
Carvalho in the course of investigation treks, runs and dries across the city down the back alleys and hidden corners to try and find some answers.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Southern Seas
Author/Guide: Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Destination: Barcelona Departure Time: Late 1970s
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