ON THE EDGE

On the Edgeis a monumental fresco of a brutal contemporary Spain in free fallOn the Edge opens with the discovery of a rotting corps e in the marshes on the outskirts of Olba, Spain?a town wracked by despair after the burst of the economic bubble, and a microcosm o f a world of defeat, debt, and corruption. Stuck in this town is Esteban?his small factory bankrupt, his investments stolen by a fr iend, and his unloved father, a mute invalid, entirely his personal burden. Much of the novel unfolds in Estebans raw and tormente d monologue...[Read more]