La perra de Alejandría

This novel’s ubiquitous protagonist is the city of Alexandria. The most restless and cosmopolitan of the Mediterranean orb at the beginning of the Christian era, where Pilar Pedraza masterfully stages a convulsive time, beginning of the great metropolis’s decadence, Rubicon to the rise of Christianity that would end with centuries of tolerance and cultural eclecticism.

The city of Alexandria prepares and decks itself up to celebrate the Dionysian festivities. One morning appears dead the “Blonde”, a mysterious character that lives on the streets as an indigent, although he is secretly considered by the Dionysian brotherhood as an incarnation of the God, strung in a thick and long pole. This crime, which can a macabre reversal of the Christian crucifixion blamed on the bishop’s guard, will provoke a torrent of bloody episodes and revenge which will end in a surprising fashion, fantastic and disquieting, in the author’s purest style.