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The New York Times–bestselling author of The Keep tells the real and fictional origins of the mysterious man who battles criminals and the supernatural. In 1984, Repairman Jack debuted in F. Paul Wilson’s horror thriller The Tomb. Jack would go on to star in twenty-three novels, ten short stories, and a graphic novel. But how did the antithesis of James Bond and Jason Bourne get his start in the battle between good and evil? In this essay, Wilson lets his readers in on how his beloved hero came to be. Wilson begins his personal story after he scored a hit with The Keep, when he found his...

David Jiménez, director del diario El Mundo, te cuenta la verdad sobre la prensa en una biografía. David Jiménez se curtió cubriendo guerras, desastres y revoluciones durante casi dos décadas antes de ser nombrado director de El Mundo. Lo que parecía un reto ilusionante —dirigir el diario en el que entró como becario a los 23 años— se transformó en una batalla por la defensa de la independencia del periódico frente a un establishment político y económico decidido a controlarlo. Jiménez ofrece un relato único sobre cómo respira la vida en una redacción —sus personajes,...

Called “a masterpiece” by The New York Times, the acclaimed trilogy from Tove Ditlevsen, a pioneer in the field of genre-bending confessional writing. Tove Ditlevsen is today celebrated as one of the most important and unique voices in twentieth-century Danish literature, and The Copenhagen Trilogy (1969–71) is her acknowledged masterpiece. Childhood tells the story of a misfit child’s single-minded determination to become a poet; Youth describes her early experiences of sex, work, and independence. Dependency picks up the story as the narrator embarks on the first of her four...

Víctor Carranza, el Zar de Las Esmeraldas, el hombre del que todos hablan pero nadie se atreve a decir nada.