a metaphor for the decline of the world through a city that is decaying at a grotesque pace.
This novel does not portray a real city, but a ghost town, a metaphor for the degraded world in which we live.”Luis Mateo Díez (Villablino, León, 83 years old), winner of the Cervantes Prize and narrator of imaginary worlds, speaks slowly, with the tone of someone who knows he has lived through several eras.
He welcomes us into his home and speaks in a living room filled with books by Roberto Arlt, Buero Vallejo, James Ellroy, and Stephen King. Presiding over the table, as one would expect, is a huge copy of Don Quixote. There are also several copies of his latest novel, ‘El vigía de las esquinas’ (Galaxia Gutenberg, 2025), a journey to the heart of a ruined city, a parable about power and decadence, and a tribute to the strange humor that still sustains men in the face of disaster. I think it's a funny book... and disturbing, he smiles.
