Best short-story work of 2012 according to the readership of El PaÃs, and an ideal doorway into the universe of Javier MarÃas. Mysterious doctors, bodyguards, ghosts, an aspiring porn star, a couple murdered by an African lance, mobsters fallen from grace, a mercenary who tries to dissuade his prospective employer… A captivating and disquieting world, from which readers are powerless to escape, caught in a permanent state of bewitchment and anguish.