212 pages
English language
Published Feb. 11, 1999 by Penguin Random House.
212 pages
English language
Published Feb. 11, 1999 by Penguin Random House.
A murder mystery in 1886 Madrid featuring an old fencing master who still teaches in the age of the pistol. He is famous for his unstoppable thrust and one day a beautiful woman arrives asking he teach it to her. The novel traces their relationship. By the author of The Flanders Panel.