The blessed whore, the faithless monk, the disabled Indian and the honourable son-of-a-bitch. His mother was a whore. His father, English. He didn’t have a surname when a surname was the only means to stave off hunger.

The blessed whore, the faithless monk, the disabled Indian and the honourable son-of-a-bitch. His mother was a whore. His father, English.

DIE FROMME HURE, DER UNGLÄUBIGE MÖNCH, DER HINKENDE INDIO UND DER EHRLICHE BASTARD. Seine Mutter war eine Hure. Sein Vater war Engländer.

Baltasar Porcel is the author of a large body of work covering non-fiction, travel writing and fiction, among which standout titles are: Mediterráneo, Una historia personal, Primaveras y otoños, Lola y los peces muertos, El corazón del jabalí, El emperador o El ojo del ciclón, Olympia a medianoch