- Hidden away in the pages of an old copy of Lives of the Saints in a strange second-hand bookshop is a diary brimming with heresy and claims of supernatural powers. When civil servant Miguel Ibañez stumbles across it he at first believes it to be the ravings of a mad man. But what if it is true? What if the anonymous author has really learned the secrets of controlling time? Could Miguel acquire the same skills and thereby correct the incongruities in his own life?
- Trapped in a mediocre job at a forgotten Ministry, his marriage falling apart, Miguel desperately searches for more hidden entries. He is led on an increasingly frantic chase through the bookstores, abandoned buildings and dark subways of Buenos Aires.
- Miguel's obsession brings him to the doors of the Saint Perpetuus Club, a secret society that holds the key to the salamanca, the cave where the Devil grants all wishes . . . for a price.
- The deeper Miguel goes, the more he wonders whom he can trust. His wife, his friends, his old philosophy professor? Perhaps they are all members of the Club? Is Miguel willing to risk his life, even his immortal soul, to uncover the secrets of The Saint Perpetuus Club of Buenos Aires?
- This exciting new novel will be available for pre-order soon.
- ISBN 978-1-905784-16-5
- The Saint Perpetuus Club of Buenos Aires is a sewn hardback novel of 264 pages.
- Publication: 17th September 2009
- Limited to 300 copies.
- Price £25/$45 inc. p&p.
- Eric Stener Carlson (Minnesota, 1969) is the author of I Remember Julia: Voices of the Disappeared and The Pear Tree: Is Torture Ever Justified? His work has appeared in journals in the UK, US, Argentina and Spain. He travels frequently but always returns to his small flat in Buenos Aires.
