Los misterios de Madrid [Spanish]

This book is written from the point of view of a fool. A slightly dumb, religious, peaceful in-store worker in his 50s from a small Spanish City is asked to go to Madrid. For some reason, the once-very-patriarchalic, not-so-well- respected-anymore member of the noble class wants him to search for a sculpture of a martyr, which has been stolen from the local cathedral and was supposedly taken to Madrid. He travels there, but how much has changed since his last visit! Involuntarily he runs into (and creates!) some trouble, and he meets a lot of sinister people cheating on him, but somehow he even makes it to accomplish his task. Although you readers might not be familiar with the location (Madrid), you will enjoy the descriptions of the observations and events. Day-to day life in a modern society seems so alien to this innocent guy from the outback, but nevertheless it seems so familiar to us. Reading this book creates and blends voyeuristic, parental, and amused notions within the reader. This writer, Antonio Munoz Molina, is a master of writing in a lot of different literary styles. How different the tone of this book is compared to "The Winter in Lisbon!"