Bibliograph

Thus bad begins, by Javier Marías ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa

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Thus bad begins, by Javier Marías ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Thus bad begins

Oclc number

937059454

Responsibility statement

by Javier Marías ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa

Summary

Madrid, 1980. Juan de Vere, nearly finished with his university degree, takes a job as personal assistant to Eduardo Muriel, an eccentric, once-successful film director. Urbane, discreet, irreproachable, Muriel is an irresistible idol to the young man. But Muriel's voluptuous wife, Beatriz, inhabits their home like an unwanted ghost; and on the periphery of their lives is Dr. Jorge Van Vechten, a family friend implicated in unsavory rumors that Muriel now asks Juan to investigate. As Juan draws closer to the truth, he uncovers only more questions. What is at the root of Muriel's hostility toward his wife? How did Beatriz meet Van Vechten? What happened during the war? Marías leads us deep into the intrigues of these characters, through a daring exploration of rancor, suspicion, loyalty, trust, and the infinitely permeable boundaries between the deceptions perpetrated on us by others and those we inflict upon ourselves

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