Blood on the Saddle
<DIV><p>“Hilarious, a literary <i>Hellzapoppin</i>.â€â€”Matt Thorne</p><p>Dickens & Clot Investigations Ltd, a detective agency in a waterlogged Madrid, has a couple of unusual specialities: helping distraught authors in search of characters who’ve quit the page and assumed a life of their own, and taking on Manex Chopeitia, legendary Big Brother of a mighty genetic-engineering company. Carlos Clot—a paunchy, alcoholic private eye –gumshoes his way around a drug- and drink-sodden metropolis in a personal quest to put both ‘real’ and ‘fictional’ people in their place.</p><p>Born in Northern Spain in 1963, <b>Rafael Reig</b> studied philosophy and humanities in Madrid and later in New York. He lives in Madrid.</p></DIV>