Mentiras en Venecia (Plata Negra) (Spanish Edition) Spanish edition

Abandonado por su novia, insatisfecho con su trabajo, Adam decide escapar a Italia para dar clases particulares de ingles al adolescente Antonio. A su llegada, no obstante, descubre que el muchacho ha dejado embarazada a la hija de su criada, y que los padres han optado por enviarlo al extranjero. Pero la suerte de Adam parece mejorar cuando Gordon Crace acepta contratarlo como asistente personal. Crace, autor britanico responsable de una exitosa novela sobre las perversiones del mundillo universitario, es un excentrico personaje que jamas abandona su casa pero que tampoco tolera la soledad. Pese a tales exigencias, Adam decide que la mansion del escritor quiza sea el lugar mas adecuado para redactar su primer libro. Y ese libro bien podria ser la biografia de su empleador, ya que este es dueño de un pasado donde los abusos sexuales se dan la mano con el asesinato. / Fresh from finishing university in England, Adam Woods arrives in Venice to begin a new chapter in his life. He soon secures employment as the personal assistant of Gordon Crace -- a famous expatriate novelist who makes his home in a dank and crumbling palazzo, surrounded by fabulous works of art, piles of unanswered correspondence and the memories of his former literary glory. Before long Adam becomes indispensable to the feeble Crace, and he finds himself at once drawn to and repelled by his elderly employer's brilliant mind and eccentric habits. As Adam comes to learn more about the scandal that brought Crace to Venice years ago, he realizes he has stumbled upon the raw material that could launch his own literary career and makes a bold decision: He will secretly write the famous author's biography. But outsmarting Crace is easier said than done, and the two soon find themselves locked in a bitter contest over the right to determine how the story of Crace's life will end. Against the haunting backdrop of the serene city, the two men engage in a ruthless game of cat and mouse that builds to a breathtaking and unexpected conclusion.