Javier Marías, pre-eminent Spanish novelist of his generation and MI6-obsessed Anglophile – obituary
His cerebral novels sold in their millions across Europe, while his Oxford satire, All Souls, caused an academic scandal in Britain
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His cerebral novels sold in their millions across Europe, while his Oxford satire, All Souls, caused an academic scandal in Britain
One of Spain’s greatest modern novelists whose constant themes were secrets and betrayal
Writer and academic. Author of other realities, but also translator of other people's stories. Javier Marías hovered between both occupations throughout his life, and it was something he was proud to claim, but why was he denied the Nobel Prize for Literature?
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The author of 15 novels, a perennial contender for the Nobel prize, and the most recent King of Redonda, the Spanish writer was an acute observer of the games we all play