El Origen del Mal / The Origin of Evil

Un conocido escritor recibe de manos de un amigo librero un misterioso manuscrito. Son mas de doscientas paginas, escritas a maquina y fechadas en 1957. El encargo es muy preciso: debe leerlo en menos de 24 horas.

Intrigado, el novelista comienza a leer y se encuentra con una historia de secretos y traiciones contada por Angel Carvajal, un militar espanol de la Falange que actuo como espia en el Norte de Africa.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Jose Carlos Somoza returns to the thriller literary genre in which he has been so successful with a true story of a Spanish spy in North Africa in the 1950s.

A renowned writer receives a mysterious manuscript from a friendly bookseller. It is more than 200 pages long, typed, and dated 1957. The assignment is very specific: he must read it in less than 24 hours.

Intrigued, the novelist begins to read, and finds a story of secrets and betrayals told by Angel Carvajal, a Spanish soldier who acted as a spy in North Africa.