Dog Day

Alicia Giménez Bartlett

2 ideas

1. The beaten vagrant and his dog

   A down-and-out man is found beaten to death in Barcelona. His only surviving companion is an ugly mongrel, which Inspector Petra Delicado reluctantly takes home. Following the dog's trail, she and Sergeant Garzón uncover a hidden economy of dog breeding, trading and organized dog fights that explains who the victim really was.

2. Reconstructing victims society never recorded

   When a victim lives outside family, work and official records, no one reports him missing and no paperwork explains his life. Detectives must rebuild his identity from what he left behind, such as possessions, habits and even the animal he kept. Marginality erases a person twice, first in life and then in the evidence left after death.

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