03856cam a2200805 4500 468435785 TxAuBib 20201029120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781101946091 1101946091 B01BJSSZXU Amazon 45fe5610-2a15-4128-bc6d-68d2c590940f OverDrive (Reserve ID) 252518 252518 252518 2697742 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Marías, Javier. Thus Bad Begins [Libby eBook] : A Novel. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2016. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 6396kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 5432kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. mystery thriller suspense. mysteries and thrillers. realistic fiction books. books about marriage. Spanish literature. books about family. Spanish Civil War. literary fiction. Francisco Franco. the infatuations. infidelity books. adultery fiction. books about film. film directors. suspense books. relationships. fiction books. mystery books. books fiction. madrid spain. Shakespeare. literature. voyeurism. mysteries. suspense. adultery. Fiction. Suicide. Divorce. Borges. novels. Cinema. Hamlet. Madrid. voyeur. 1980s. Film. HTML:<b>**Named a Best Book of the Year by the <i>Boston Globe</i> and <i>Los Angeles Times</i>**</b><br /> <b>From the internationally acclaimed author of <i>The Infatuations</i> comes the mesmerizing story of a couple living in the shadow of a mysterious, unhappy history—a novel about the cruel, tender punishments we exact on those we love.</b><br /> Madrid, 1980. Juan de Vere, nearly finished with his university degree, takes a job as personal assistant to Eduardo Muriel, an eccentric, once-successful film director. Urbane, discreet, irreproachable, Muriel is an irresistible idol to the young man. But Muriel's voluptuous wife, Beatriz, inhabits their home like an unwanted ghost; and on the periphery of their lives is Dr. Jorge Van Vechten, a family friend implicated in unsavory rumors that Muriel now asks Juan to investigate. As Juan draws closer to the truth, he uncovers only more questions. What is at the root of Muriel's hostility toward his wife? How did Beatriz meet Van Vechten? What happened during the war? Marías leads us deep into the intrigues of these characters, through a daring exploration of rancor, suspicion, loyalty, trust, and the infinitely permeable boundaries between the deceptions perpetrated on us by others and those we inflict upon ourselves. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-12-28 22:00:03. Costa, Margaret Jull. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=45fe5610-2a15-4128-bc6d-68d2c590940f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=45fe5610-2a15-4128-bc6d-68d2c590940f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=45fe5610-2a15-4128-bc6d-68d2c590940f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)