Max Costa, a professional dancer and elegant adventurer, meets Mecha Inzunza in 1928 aboard a transatlantic liner, and the two begin a love affair. Arturo Pérez-Reverte follows them across decades, in Nice, Sorrento and elsewhere, as espionage, theft and the changing politics of Europe keep drawing them together and apart. The title refers to the old guard of tango.
It suits readers who like sweeping historical romance mixed with intrigue, and who enjoy period detail about dance, music and the 1930s. You get a long novel with a slow-burning love story and a melancholy ending.
Practical, outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Curious Generalist. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Alfaguara
- ISBN
- 9788420413099
- Language
- ES
