Der Anfang des Buches ist gleich überwältigend: ein Attentat erschüttert Madrid. Die Protagonisten des Romans erscheinen nach und nach, in Echtzeit, während der Stunden nach der Explosion.

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.

Readers will not find a linear narrative in these pages, for the plot is established by way of successive glimpses, which, led by the actions of the protagonists, exposes a series of deplorable human and social events, yet which are so authentic t