Introduction

Javier Marias was one of Spain's foremost writers when he died age 70 in September. Translated around the world with book sales in the millions, he was often mentioned as a possible recipient of the Nobel Prize. His best known titles include the Infatuations, Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me and his epic espionage trilogy, Your Face Tomorrow. In Thomas Nevinson, he returns to the figure of the spy - now retired from the game but called back to track down a woman involved in series of utter bombings. The novel becomes a meditation on memory, deception and the inescapability of the past.