Los últimos días de García Lorca

The Lorca case largely encapsulates the tensions that led to the fratricidal spiral of the Spanish Civil War. The investigation carried out by journalist Eduardo Molina Fajardo into García Lorca's final days vividly illustrates how those fatal elements converged. This book, along with Agustín Penón's, is considered the most accurate, comprehensive, and precise account of the events surrounding the poet Federico García Lorca's last days, culminating in his tragic end: his final month, his arrest, imprisonment, transfers, and the known circumstances of his execution. With an analytical and clarifying approach to the potential responsibilities of those involved, Molina Fajardo presents a wealth of irrefutable documentation, including letters, communiqués, circulars, newspaper articles, and numerous interviews with all those implicated, even those who, until this book, had maintained a stubborn and unwavering silence. Regarding who was involved, and the decision to end her life, the account of events and documentation offered by this book, while not definitive, like any literary investigation undertaken, is nevertheless absolutely essential for reaching any conclusion. In any case, it is a book that has largely formed the basis of much of what has been written since its first publication in 1983 about this pivotal case in contemporary Spanish history.