Author: Juan Jacinto Muñoz Renguel
Genres: Humor, Noir
Country: Spain
Languaje: Spanish
Publisher: Debolsillo
Publication date: 2012
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9788401352256
Plot:
M.Y., a contract killer and great hypochondriac, is to kill Eduardo Blaisten. His mysterious client remains in the shadows, but this doesn't worry Mr. Y., who defines himself as a Kantian style assassin, killing scrupulously, with efficiency and elegance, while always respecting the privacy of his paymaster. There is just one small problem: Mr. Y. is going to die that very day. In reality, he has been dying for many years, as he is afflicted with such a variety of illnesses that he has been at death's door almost since birth. He continually compares himself to the most illustrious hypochondriacs from the history of literature and thought: Poe, Voltaire, Tolstoy, Moliere. This mission, his objective and his numerous attempts on Blaisten's life involve him in an in increasingly complex intrigue, as his symptoms frustrate his attempts at homicide.
Characters:
- M.Y: The main character of this story, an assassin of Kantian morals, and a huge hypochondriac. He is constantly assaulted by new bizarre symptoms that impede him from performing the murder.
- Eduardo Blastein: the target, an evasive man who seems impossible to kill.