Description

Set on the eve of the financial crash of 2008 this evocative novel is made up of three stories linked by time and place and also by the moving unexpected interactions of a rich cast of characters

Barcelona Dreaming is narrated in turn by an English woman who runs a gift shop an alcoholic jazz pianist and a translator tormented by unrequited love all of whose lives will be changed forever Underpinning the novel and casting a long shadow is a crime committed against a young Moroccan immigrant

Exploring themes of addiction racism celebrity immigration and selfdelusion and fueled by a longing for the unattainable and a nostalgia for what is about to be lost Barcelona Dreaming is a love letter to one of the worlds most beautiful cities and a powerful and poignant fable for our uncertain times