Cosmetics of the Enemy

Talking with strangers doesn’t end well—especially in novels by Notomb. Sitting in an airport while waiting for a delayed flight, Anguúst is forced to endure the chatter of an annoying Dutchman with the strange name Textor Texel. Make him stop only one way—by talking yourself. And Anguúst falls into this trap. Turned into a toy in Texel’s hands, he goes through all the circles of hell.

“This is a bizarre and metaphysical detective thriller and, at the same time, a deep psychological study of human nature expressed in the dialogue between two characters. The shortest blurb from the Western press for this novel is: ‘One hundred pages of dynamite!’”