When I Was Mortal - Javier Marías

Twelve short stories by the most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature ( The Boston Globe )--and the award-winning, international bestselling author of The Infatuations . Victims of mistaken identity, sponging relatives, amateur sleuths, eavesdroppers, professional liars, assassins, and failed bodyguards populate the short stories in When I Was Mortal. Plots turn on curious exigencies--a woman about to star in her first porn film; a night doctor who adds new meaning to specialist; a ghost whose neglect is greatly resented.