A crime novel with a touch of fantasy and a lot of humor that speaks of the oppressed, the rebels, and the green shoots among the asphalt
A homeless ex-con is approached by three small-time thugs to help them deal with some squatters in a secluded summer colony outside of town. He declines. The next day, he drives by the house to find the squatters gone and the thugs slain. Now a murder suspect, with no weapons but his wits and no earthly possessions but what fits inside his ’95 Lancia Delta Integrale, this hapless hero needs to race across his old country, a land of farms and scrapyards, dodging cops and gangsters while he sorts out a triple homicide, a political plot, and a mystery lurking deep in the woods, where reality begins to fray.
A noir novel with a hint of fantasy set in a hungover Catalonia after its failed bid for independence, Ràdio Free Camaco is Edgar Cantero’s return to his roots—a thrilling, poignant, hilarious story about outcasts, rebels, and the brave little plants growing in the cracks in the asphalt.
Set in a depressed but still undefeated backcountry, Radio Free Camaco marks Edgar Cantero’s return to Catalan after publishing three books in North America. His latest is a noir novel with fantastical touches and loads of humor that speaks of the oppressed, rebels and green shoots of hope emerging from the asphalt.
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