A Small Death in Lisbon
1999 novel by Robert Wilson
0-00-232668-X
A Small Death in Lisbon is a crime novel by Robert Wilson. The novel won the CWA Gold Dagger Award in 1999, and the German Crime Prize (for an International Novel) in 2003.
Notes
- Zé Coelho shares some characteristics with his Spanish counterpart, Inspector jefe Javier Falcón, such as:
- Lost his wife; Falcón is divorced - they both long for their wives;
- Has stress problems, as Falcón;
- They both discover that past friendships are not as they seem: Coelho with his friend Borrego, and Falcón with his father.
Publication history
- 1999, London: HarperCollins ISBN 0-00-232668-X, Pub date 19 July 1999, Hardback
- 2000, London: HarperCollins ISBN 0-00-651202-X, Pub date 2 May 2000, Paperback
- 2000, New York: Harcourt ISBN 0151006091, Pub date October 2000, Hardback
- 2002, New York: Berkeley Books ISBN 0-425-18423-4, Pub date March 2002, Paperback
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