El delantero centro fue asesinado al atardecer

Offside
Author	Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
Original title	El delantero centro fue asesinado al atardecer
Translator	Ed Emery
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish
Genre	Novel
Publication date	1989
Preceded by	Murder in Prado del Rey and other sleazy short-stories
Followed by	Carvalho's recipes

Last updated March 29, 2019

El delantero centro fue asesinado al atardecer (1989) (English, Offside) is a novel from Manuel Vázquez Montalbán.

Manuel Vázquez Montalbán was a prolific Spanish writer: journalist, novelist, poet, essayist, anthologue, prologist, humorist, critic and political prisoner as well as a gastronome and a FC Barcelona supporter.

Plot

The private detective Pepe Carvalho is enquiring about a list of death threats arriving after that FC Barcelona purchases the football star Jack Mortimer.

Pepe Carvalho is a fictional private detective, the protagonist of a series of novels written by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán.

Futbol Club Barcelona, commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça, is a Spanish professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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