Jokin Azketa, the writer who loves the mountains, together with José Ramón Gómez Cabezas, presents his latest novel, “La vida en la punta de los dedos,” in the A Quemarropa space at the Semana Negra de Gijón Contest.
Readers are used to sordid places where gruesome and macabre stories usually take place; ruthless murders with dismembered corpses. Abandoned warehouses full of rats, dark and stinking tunnels. It is not common to find beautiful landscapes in this type of story, which is the great contribution that Azketa makes to crime novels. He says that the key is a spectacular setting, high mountains, where the frustrations of the characters are revealed in order to justify the disappearances.
He says that the setting of the landscape in his novels came about by chance. Through the cold and snow, he forges a story and seeks intrigue. In this environment he moves freely and feels comfortable, this geographer, lover of the mountains and travel.
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