Gordo de feria

Madrid, a singular Madrid, is once again the setting for Esther García Llovet's also singular narrative. This time the main character is a comedian nicknamed Castor, famous for his television monologues. Castor's life is governed by luck and chance. And pulling the thread of chance he meets his double, a waiter named Julio. They are like two drops of water, and it occurs to Castor that Julio can substitute for him in some saraos, because he hates saraos. But, of course, things don't take long to get complicated, and to give rise to a frenetic, maddened, succession of events. And, thus, in this novel as concise as it is forceful there is room for an escape, a kidnapping, a couple of comedians -one gypsy and the other Argentine-, a nightclub in the middle of the Almeria desert, a scam, a scammer about to become assassin, some Chinese who invest in real estate and television, a cruise on the Danube and even a UFO.