Books Burn Badly

by Manuel Rivas

Book Overview

On 19 August 1936 Hercules the boxer stands on the quayside at Coru a and watches Fascist soldiers piling up books and setting them alight. With this moment a young carefree group of friends are transformed into a broken generation.
Out of this incident during the early months of Spain's tragic civil war, Manuel Rivas weaves a colourful tapestry of stories and unforgettable characters to create a panorama of twentieth-century Spanish history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00A1A7U02
• ISBN13: 9780099520337
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Length: 550 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.1" x 7.7"