Guillermo and the Tetuan Bookshop

The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) was one of the major conflicts of the 20th century, with repercussions that spread beyond its time and place, but not all its heroes were combatants. Guillermo s ideology ensured that he spent the entire war as a political prisoner first in his native Tenerife, and subsequently in a labour camp near Tetuan, in what was then Spanish Morocco thus pre-empting what would have been his natural inclination to volunteer to join the Republican army and fight against Franco s Nationalists. Embodying history, politics and socio-economics, this story shows how war affects ordinary people. It provides a vivid insight into both the everyday life of Tenerife and the exoticism of Tetuan, where the reader is immersed in the sights, sounds and aromas of the Medina. This is a modern historical novel that includes elements of courtroom drama, action thriller and romance, which will repay the engagement of a wide readership.