The shot from the rear
A shot from the background (Spanish: El delantero centro fue asesinado al atardecer) is a novel by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán from the series of private detective Pepe Carvalho. The novel appeared for the first time in 1988. Edit the sourcetext
The action takes place in Barcelona in the autumn of 1988. Barcelona is in preparation for the Olympic Games 1992. The richest and most prestigious football club in the city - a clear allusion to FC Barcelona, which is not explicitly mentioned in the novel the threat that his new midfielder Jack Mortimer is to be murdered at sunset. Although the club does not pay too much attention to the murders, he is commissioned by Pepe Carvalho to pursue them. In a parallel, which is linked to the main story only towards the end of the novel, Alberto Palacín, the aged former striker of the club, will re-establish himself in the northern suburbs of Barcelona after a few years in order to join Centellas FC, a four- play. The background of the plot is the intriguing world of football and politics, in particular the soil speculation surrounding the construction of the Olympic village in Barcelona. In addition, the novel deals with the importance of football as a substitute religion, the role of striker stars as modern heroes, and the functionaries as almighty new "gods". In addition to the fictional characters, real players from the Spanish football league, including Bernd Schuster, are often mentioned in the novel. Characters Edit sourcetext
In addition to the characters typical of Carvalho, such as Charo, Fuster, Commissioner Contreras, and the last-appearing Bromuro, the following characters are as follows:
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