Javier Cercas talks to Kirsty Lang

Meet Javier Cercas, one of Spain’s most renowned writers, as he discusses his crime trilogy Terra Alta. Cercas opens up the world of Terra Alta, and delves into the series’ final book, Fortress of Evil, where Melchor – who years before took revenge for his mother’s murder – finds his peace shattered when his teenage daughter Cosette discovers the truth behind her own mother’s death.

Cercas’ awards include the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for Soldiers of Salamis, the European Book Prize for The Impostor, and the Dagger for Crime Fiction in Translation for Even the Darkest Night, the first book in the Terra Alta trilogy. He talks to journalist Kirsty Lang.