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El rastro del odio
Juan Bárcenas is murdered in an old people's home in Barcelona, a sordid place governed by indifference, neglect and resentment. Journalist Néstor Serradell, the protagonsit and narrator of 'El rastro del odio', puts together the pieces of a puzzle and takes the reader through the social labyrinth of the city, in search of the criminal, a shadow from the past. In this work, the author demonstrates how people are sometimes united by hatred more than by love.
The intelligence, the clear prose and the irony characteristic of all Jordi Sierra i Fabra's work, shine through constantly in the pages of this novel full of surprises. The author unravels the thread of evil and extracts from life a series of unexpected connections between concrete crimes and wicked intentions which have become warped with the passing of time.