First edition (publ. Seix Barral)
AuthorManuel Vázquez Montalbán
TranslatorCarol & Thomas Christensen
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
PublisherSeix Barral, Atheneum
Publication date
1990
Published in English
1992
Media typePrint
Pages343 p.
ISBN9788432206238
OCLC1024348007

Galíndez is a novel by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, published in 1990.[1] It centres on a real, dramatic and dark episode of the history of the Dominican Republic: the kidnapping, torturing and murdering of Jesús de Galíndez in 1956, representative of the Basque government in exile before the U.S. State Department and the involvement and cover-up by the CIA.[1][2]: 25  The novel received Spain's National Literary Award in 1991 and the Europa Prize.[1][2]: 60 

The detective and narrator of the novel is Muriel Corbert.[2]: 25, 36  She is a history graduate who seeks out the truth of Galíndez' fate.[2]: 36  In doing so she travels from the United States, to Spain and then the Dominican Republic, and uncovers a conspiracy between Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo, the CIA and Francoist Spain.[2]: 36 

The novel was made into a film in 2003, called El Misterio Galíndez (literally "The Galindez Mystery", but also known as "The Galíndez File").[3][4][5] The film stars Saffron Burrows and Harvey Keitel.[3][4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Herzberger, David; Colmeiro, José F. (2008). Altisent, Martha Eulalia (ed.). A companion to the twentieth-century Spanish novel. Woodbridge: Tamesis. pp. 113, 121–122. ISBN 978-1-85566-174-5. OCLC 244314956.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Martín-Cabrera, Luis (2011). Radical justice : Spain and the Southern Cone beyond market and state. Bucknell University Press. [Lewisburg, Pa.]: Bucknell University Press. ISBN 978-1-61148-357-4. OCLC 749264764.
  3. 1 2 Fainaru, Dan (22 September 2003). "The Galindez File (El Misterio Galindez)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  4. 1 2 Holland, Jonathan (8 September 2003). "The Galindez File". Variety. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  5. 1 2 Schwartz, Ronald (2008). Great Spanish films since 1950. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-4616-9661-2. OCLC 863824716.
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