In 1924, the anarchist Pablo Martín Sánchez was sentenced to garrote vil, accused of attempting to overthrow Primo de Rivera's dictatorship. His namesake, the writer Pablo Martín Sánchez, seeks, in this disturbing novel, to reconstruct his story. Through the life of this character and his world, we witness pivotal moments in the development of contemporary Europe, such as the birth of cinema, the anarchist movement in Paris and Argentina, the lives of prominent intellectuals exiled in France, Barcelona's Tragic Week, and the social unrest across the Old Continent during the interwar period. Readers, with their minds on edge, will be astonished to witness the fate that awaits the protagonist. His adventures and misadventures will keep them captivated by a plot as gripping as it is unforgettable.