Justo Navarro

Justo Navarro

Justo Navarro (Granada, 1953), winner of the Critics' Prize for his collection of poems An Aviator Foreseees His Death, has published with Anagrama the novels Intimate Accidents (Herralde Novel Prize): "A step forward in an increasingly dense and clotted trajectory" (Santos Sanz Villanueva, Diario 16); The Father's House (Andalusia Critics' Prize): "A novel with an unforgettable atmosphere" (Felipe Benítez Reyes); The Soul of the Air Traffic Controller: "A disturbing great novel" (Enrique Vila-Matas); F. (City of Barcelona Prize): "Excellent" (Ricardo Senabre, El Mundo); Finalmusik: "With a sense of humor and his sharp critical vision, he underlines some of the great paradoxes of our time" (María Luisa Blanco, El País); The Spy: "Fascinating" (José Luis Amores, Revista de Letras); Gran Granada (Andalusia Critics Award): «A crime novel that does not give up on being a novel by Navarro himself, with his rigorous, intelligent, and blunt style» (Nadal Suau, El Cultural); Petit Paris: «A story full of narrative tension, with a language that expands all the possibilities of the crime novel» (J. A. Masoliver Ródenas, La Vanguardia), Bologna Boogie: «Commissioner Polo is already part of the best that the national police series has given us, together with and between Plinio and Carvalho. Further proof of what a great novelist Justo Navarro is» (José Luis G. Gómez, La Opinión de Málaga) and DumDum, estudio de registro, as well as the essays El videojugador: «Books like this are needed, capable of breaking the inertia of thought and updating the pleasure of curiosity free of prejudice» (Sergio del Molino, Revista Mercurio), and, with José María Pérez Zúñiga, La carta robada. The case of democratic post-Francoism.