City of Wonders

Though historical in subject matter, this story of Catalonian enterprise and Barcelonan ambition is thoroughly contemporary in spirit. – Jonathan Franzen
A splendid piacaresque novel … Rich in humour, irony and parody … Lusty and ingenious entertainment * New York Times Book Review *
Rich in eccentric, violent, fantastic, and horrible incident … A profusion of bizarre characters, and a fair quota of entertaining digression. * The Times *
A novel of great variety and scope … There is much to delight … A very considerable, and an exhilarating, achievement * Scotsman *
A large book, written in picaresque style, and full of incidental pleasures. * Observer *
Not since Ragtime has there been such a treasure of rascals and riches … Brilliant … Mendoza is a prodigiously inventive author. * Chicago Tribune *
A major work, a great novel … a satirical love song and an adventurous chronicle that delivers the wonders promised in its title. * El País *
One of this season’s literary landmarks … an extravagant, amusing, fantastic, and moving fresco of Barcelona. * Vanguardia *

Eduardo Mendoza was born in Barcelona in 1943. He studied Law and worked as an UN interpreter in the United States for nine years. He has won many awards for his fiction, including the Planeta Prize and the European Book Prize for his novel An Englishman in Madrid, and the Cervantes Prize and the Princess of Asturias Award for Literature for his whole body of work.

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