A jungle filled with animals and the occasional human being, where some live through exciting, at times dangerous situations, all of which are narrated by Horacio Quiroga with a large dose of humour.

Coming of age in a Spain in the throes of 'apertura' (the political and economic 'opening' that took place in Spain during the 1980s) that followed the Transition from dictatorship to democracy.

The book opens with a horrific scene: a bomb blast in Madrid. The characters appear gradually, in real time, during the hours following the explosion. The repercussions of the bomb mingle with personal stories at a frantic pace.

'The Year of Los Saicos' uses sharp humour to paint a portrait of the internal workings of Liman society in 1964 (the year the eponymous rock group first came to prominence), trapped between respect for hypocritical rules and the degradation of it

On Elba a beekeeper awaits the arrival of Napoleon, who was exiled to the island in May 1814. A surprising and obsessive relationship will develop between them.

But, what's so special about that painting that everyone should talk about it? Who painted it? What was the artist thinking when he or she made it?

London 1866. Yet again, José Rodríguez Losada is on the run from his past. Having left the family home as a boy, he is forced for political reasons to exile himself from the absolutist Spain of Fernando VII.

'Enola's Secret' is set in 1989 in Sandgate, a tiny English seaside town, and brings together a strange collection of elements including a chimney, a dove and a boy nicknamed Socks. While completing a task for his neighbour, Ralph, a.k.a.

Rafael Mendoza, star of the bullfighting world, is found murdered on his farm in Extremaduar. Ginebra, an editor from Barcelona, is given the job of finishing Mendoza's investigation into Federico García Lorca.