Falcó (novel) explained

Falcó is a 2016 spy novel by the Spanish writer Arturo Pérez-Reverte.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Plot

Lorenzo Falcó is 37 years old and described as an "elegant thug". He has no ideology and is recruited as an intelligence operative for the Nationalist faction during the Spanish Civil War. He is sent on a mission to infiltrate the Republicans and rescue José Antonio Primo de Rivera from prison in Alicante.

Series

Falcó is the first entry in a trilogy of spy novels set during the Spanish Civil War. It was followed by (2017) and Sabotaje (2018).^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: Navarro . Justo . 25 October 2016 . Un agente secreto contra todos . subscription . . es . 7 January 2024 .
2. News: 19 October 2016 . Pérez-Reverte: 'Tengo clarísimo que el franquismo era malo. No dedicaré una novela a explicar esa obviedad' . subscription . . es . 7 January 2024 .
3. News: 26 October 2016 . Una visión desencantada de la Guerra Civil . . es . 7 January 2024 .
4. García, Emilio Ramón . 2019 . Contradicciones, falsos ideales y ruptura de de la mismidas en Falcó, de Arturo Pérez-Reverte . . 44 . 1 . 89–110 . 26637165 .
5. News: 2 October 2018 . Pérez-Reverte: "El querer ver al adversario exterminado o aniquilado es muy español" . . es . 7 January 2024 .