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A Small Death in Lisbon
First edition cover
Author Robert Wilson
LanguageEnglish
Genre crime novel
Publisher HarperCollins
Publication date
19 July 1999 (1st edition)
Publication placeUnited Kingdom (london)
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages400p.
ISBN 0-00-232668-X
OCLC 59402427

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.

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