num_pages: 396
description: Part spy novel, part romance, part Henry James, Your Face Tomorrow is a wholly remarkable display of the immense writing gifts of Javier Marias. With Fever and Spear, Volume One of his unfolding novel Your Face Tomorrow, he returns us to the rarified world of Oxford (the delightful setting of All Souls and Dark Back of Time), while introducing us to territory entirely new--espionage. Our hero, Jaime Deza, separated from his wife in Madrid, is a bit adrift in London until his old friend Sir Peter Wheeler retired Oxford don and semi-retired master spy recruits him for a new career in British Intelligence. Deza possesses a rare gift for seeing behind the masks people wear. He is soon observing interviews conducted by Her Majesty's secret service: variously shady international businessmen one day, would-be coup leaders the next. Seductively, this metaphysical thriller explores past, present, and future in the ever-more-perilous 21st century. This compelling and enigmatic tour de force from one of Europe's greatest writers continues with Volume Two, Dance and Dream."
language: English
title: Fever and Spear
titlecomplete: Fever and Spear (Your Face Tomorrow, #1)
genres: 21st Century, Novels, Spanish Literature, Spain, Espionage, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Fiction
ratings_count: 3131
series: Tu rostro mañana
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Premio Valle-Inclán
category: Margaret Jull Costa
publisher: New Directions