
Set in the seaside town of Z, north of Barcelona, The Skating Rink is told in short, suspenseful chapters by three male narrators, and revolves around a beautiful figure skating champion, Nuria Mart . A ruined mansion, knife-wielding women, political corruption, sex, and jealousy...

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Release Date: Dec 2, 2025

Set in the seaside town of Z, on the Costa Brava, north of Barcelona, The Skating Rink oscillates between two poles: a camp ground and a ruined mansion, the Palacio Benvingut. The story, told by three male narrators, revolves around a beautiful figure skating champion, Nuria...


With a murder at its heart, Roberto Bola o's The Skating Rink is, among other things, a crime novel. Murder seems to have exerted a fascination for the endlessly talented Bola o, who in his last interview, according to The Observer, "declared, in all apparent seriousness, that...
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