Una novela de barrio

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Hace años, un atraco a mano armada cometido en un banco acabó en los dos ladrones, en su huida, mataron a un niño. Tiempo después, uno de aquellos atracadores aparece asesinado. El otro teme por su vida y sospecha quién puede ser el culpable. El inspector Méndez, un policía poco ortodoxo que conoce las calles de Barcelona como nadie, tendrá que navegar entre pasado y presente para evitar que se produzcan más muertes.

Francisco González Ledesma has been a lawyer, journalist and author.
His first award came in 1948 when he won the "Premio Internacional de Novela" (or International Novel Prize") for his novel "Sombras viejas", with jurors such as Somerset Maugham and Walter Starkie.
The novel suffered the censorship of Franco's regime and the promising future of his author seemed frustrated.
Costrained by the dictatorship, Ledesma started using the pen-name of Silver Kane to write popular novels for the Spanish publisher Editorial Bruguera.
Disappointed by the law practice, he studied journalism and started a new career in the editorial office of the newspaper ??oeEl correo catalan” and, later, for ??oeLa Vanguardia” (TN: one of the most important newspaper of Catalunya, the Barcelona’s region), becoming chief editor.
In 1966 Francisco Gonzalez Ledesma was one of the founders of the ??oeGrupo democratico de prensa” (or ??oeDemocratic press group”), a clandestine press association active under the dictatorship of Franco with the purpose of defending the freedom of the press.
In 1977, after the fall of the regime and while democracy was consolidating in Spain, Ledesma published ??oeLos Napoleones” and, in 1983, ??oe”El expediente Barcelona”, that reached the final selection of the Blasco Ibanez Prize. This is the first novel starring Ledesma’s symbolic character, Inspector Méndez.
In 1984 he won the Planeta Prize for ??oeCronica sentimental en rojo” and his definitive recognition as a novelist. (translation of the original biography from the official site of the author; translated courtesy of www.gonzalez-ledesma.com)