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Gilʹermo Martines (r. 1962) - argentinskiĭ pisatelʹ, matematik po obrazovanii͡u i pisatelʹ po prizvanii͡u, klassik sovremennogo intellektualʹnogo detektiva.Instruktor po tennisu Merton, kogda-to blesti͡ashchiĭ literaturnyĭ kritik, izvestnyĭ svoeĭ bespristrastnostʹi͡u, originalʹnostʹi͡u i chestnostʹi͡u suzhdeniĭ, poluchaet neozhidannoe i vesʹma lestnoe predlozhenie. On dolzhen pribytʹ v Barselonu, v pomestʹe znamenitogo pisateli͡a, chtoby prochitatʹ i ot͡senitʹ ego posledni͡ui͡u knigu. Tot ubezhden, chto kritiki i publika smogli ot͡senitʹ lishʹ poverkhnostnyĭ sloĭ ego proizvedeniĭ. Literaturnyĭ agent pisateli͡a naznachaet Mertonu fantasticheskiĭ gonorar vsego lishʹ za to, chto tot prochitaet knigu, i obeshchaet udvoitʹ ego, esli Merton smozhet razgadatʹ ee istinnyĭ smysl.Merton priletaet v Barselonu, poseli͡aetsi͡a na krasivoĭ ville, gde pisatelʹ zhivet s molodoĭ zhenoĭ i docherʹi͡u, i pristupaet k rabote nad knigoĭ. On polon reshimosti razgadatʹ ėtu literaturnui͡u golovolomku, no roskoshnai͡a atmosfera pomestʹi͡a tait v sebe mnozhestvo soblaznov i iskusheniĭ…

Guillermo Martinez (b. 1962) is an Argentine writer, mathematician by education and writer by vocation, a classic of modern intellectual detective.Tennis instructor Merton, once a brilliant literary critic, known for his impartiality, originality and honesty of judgment, receives an unexpected and very flattering offer. He should arrive in Barcelona, at the estate of the famous writer, to read and evaluate his latest book. He is convinced that critics and the public were able to appreciate only the surface layer of his works. The writer's literary agent assigns Merton a fantastic fee just for reading the book, and promises to double it if Merton can unravel its true meaning.Merton arrives in Barcelona, settles in a beautiful villa where the writer lives with his young wife and daughter, and begins work on the book. He is determined to solve this literary puzzle, but the luxurious atmosphere of the estate is fraught with many temptations and temptations…