'A Marias sentence is a place of infinite richness and surprises, full of fascinating byways and glimpses of a distant landscape that hoves into view and then fades away' Independent'No one else, anywhere, is writing quite like this' Daily TelegraphA new and exhilarating collection of writings from the author ofThe Infatuations andA Heart So WhiteInternationally renowned writer Javier Marias is a tireless examiner of the world around us, an enthusiastic debunker of pretensions of every kind, and a true polymath. This new collection of essays shows the full extent of his curiosity and wit, ranging from the literary to the philosophical to the autobiographical, from football to cinema, comic books to mortality to 'Why Almost No One Can Be Trusted'.Trenchant and wry, subversive and penetrating, Marias demonstrates a dazzling intellectual vigour, showing with exhilarating verve why he is so often said to be Spain's greatest living writer.

Author Biography

Javier Marias is the author of sixteen works in Spanish, translated into forty-two languages. His translated English works include All Souls, A Heart So White, Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me, the Your Face Tomorrow trilogy, The Infatuations and Thus Bad Begins. Javier Marias has received numerous literary prizes including the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Prix Formentor. He lives and works as a translator and columnist in Madrid. His new novel, Berta Isla, will be published by Hamish Hamilton in October 2018.