Juan Madrid

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Juan Madrid (Málaga, 1947) is a Spanish writer, journalist and script writer.

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[edit] Biography

He studied in Madrid and got a degree in Contemporary History by the University of Salamanca. He writes for Cambio 16 since 1974, where he currently works as investigative reporter. He has written novels, cronicles, tales, short stories, youth novels and scripts for comics, films and TV. He ironically admits having started writing whilst preparing propaganda leaflets for the Spanish Communist Party while it was still illegal.

He came out as a noir novelist in the collection Círculo del Crimen (SEDEMAY Editions), becoming finalist of this collection's prize in 1980. That year he published his first novel, Un beso de amigo (A Friend's Kiss), featuring Toni Romano for the first time. Toni is the fictional main character, a skeptical former policeman, boxer and debt collector, archetype of the Chandlerian detective in the Madrid of the Transition.

Juan faithfully follows the rules of the traditional noir novel, mainly focusing in the social aspects of the time he describes, not always peaceful, with its flagrant contradictions and characters sometimes bordering marginality. The crumbling of values, power corruption and greed, and the circles of influence are commonplace in his novels.

Some of his works have been made into films (Días Contados, Tánger).

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Novels

  • Un beso de amigo (1980)
  • Las apariencias no engañan (1982)
  • Nada que hacer (1984)
  • Regalo de la casa (1986)
  • Un trabajo fácil (1985)
  • Días contados (1993)
  • Brigada Central, (13 novels)
  • Cuentas pendientes (1995)
  • Malos tiempos (1995)
  • Tánger (1997)
  • Restos de carmín (1999)
  • Gente bastante extraña (2001)
  • Grupo de noche (2003)

[edit] Tales

  • Hotel Paraíso (1987)
  • Jungla (1988)
  • Oídos sordos (1990)
  • La mirada
  • Crónicas del Madrid oscuro (1994)

[edit] Youth Literature

  • Cuartos oscuros (1993)
  • Los cañones de Durango (1996)
  • Los piratas del Ranghum (1996)
  • En el mar de China (1997)
  • El fugitivo de Borneo (1998)

[edit] Scripts

  • TV Series Brigada Central

[edit] Other

  • Mujeres & mujeres (1996, short story)
  • La mano negra (1998, essay)
  • Viaje por el Amazonas (documentary)

[edit] External links

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