![]() ![]() ![]() The more Amanda uncover secrets about her aunt’s life, the more layers this complex book unfurl for the reader to analyse. These segments drop a series of hints about Catherine’s life and also serve a homage to other people who wrote rule breaking detective novels, such as the Montalbano series and Paul Auster’s New York Trilogy. While Amanda is conducting her own investigation and gathering clues, we readers are treated to excerpts of the Castillo novels. Penza), who wrote a series detective novels featuring the titular inspector Castillo.Ĭastillo can be seen as a post modern murder mystery. She also wants to tie up another loose end in her life, which is about the mysterious life of her aunt, Catherine (who call herself K. The main protagonist of Castillo is Amanda, who is on a mission: she has to find out why her mother, Emma, ran away from her when she was 5 years old. I also admit I was curious to see if any of the post modern influences seen in her children’s books would crop up here as well. Having read, and enjoyed, Clare Azzopardi’s De Molizz trilogy, I was quite eager to read her only novel Castillo, especially since there will be a theatrical adaptation happening this month. ![]()
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