El último brindis

The intimate defeat of political power in a city that was experiencing golden years, or glitter, until a journalistic and judicial explosion revealed the fragility of the winners. A contained story about weakness and disorientation when a general crisis breaks out. Without heroes or redeemers, no one was a complete villain or impeccable victim. The Last Toast is a novel about the end, about the moment when everything falls apart: it illuminates a system that is breaking from the inside. A president who confuses applause with the future, a mayor who decides to endure with decorum, subordinates waiting their turn, achievers who do the math, journalists on the run, prosecutors who put pressure and, behind everyone, as always, the holy innocents, the useful losers of every brawl. The city celebrated itself: inaugurations, premieres, new avenues. It shone night and day; Suddenly the noise of court orders, courtroom music, and the furious clicks of the Internet began to arrive. Power did not fall suddenly: it fell, becoming empty. That is why the custom of commanding remained, until there was no one left to obey.