Javier Cercas’ books include the classic Soldiers of Salamis. With his work translated into over 30 languages, Cercas is arguably Spain’s greatest living novelist, and is the subject of both critics and veneration. He has published fiction in the vein of ‘historical memory’, focusing on the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist State. He talks to lawyer and writer Philippe Sands about his latest book Even the Darkest Night, a first, prize-winning work of suspense.
