Trilogía del exceso : Alacranes en su tinta - Voracidad - Ostras para Dimitri

Starring Pacho Murga, a down-on-his-luck Bilbao dandy who transforms into a modern-day rogue, swindling people left and right from Bilbao's old quarter, the three novels comprising the Excess Trilogy have been meticulously revised by Juan Bas for this complete edition, without toning down their characteristic political incorrectness. A blend of noir, tragicomedy, and grotesque farce, in "Scorpions in Their Ink" Murga establishes a relationship with Antón Astigarraga, Franco's chef and food taster, whom ETA used in an attempt to assassinate the dictator. "Voracity," with its hilarious and acidic black humor, is a merciless satirical portrait of nationalism, right-wing Spain, sex, television, and the social climbing and unscrupulousness of the hustler's life. "Oysters for Dimitri" introduces Dimitri Urroz, an ambiguous and explosive character who complicates Pacho's life in a traveling adventure with stops in a surreal rural setting in northern Navarre and the most extravagant corners of Moscow. As an appetizer for this literary offering, which never forgets the gastronomic aspect, the short story "Panic on the Transcantabrian" is included, a parody of Agatha Christie-style ensemble murder mysteries where the central character of the trilogy is portrayed for the first time, in a somewhat more tender light.