Fuentes applies the lessons of Amores Perros in this brilliant, jump-cut work of fiction. Author publicity at the time of publication.'A man of remarkable gifts' Spectator

PRAISE FOR 'THE EAGLE'S THRONE' '[Fuentes] writes with an energy, passion and humour that are as compelling now as when he first published a novel, more than forty years ago ... rattlingly good entertainment' Daily Telegraph 'Fuentes at his satirical best, mixing political wisdom, biting wit and poignant self-realisation' Scotland on Sunday 'Smashing ... the most wickedly entertaining novel of Fuentes's career ... elegant and funny ... brilliant' New York Times

Carlos Fuentes, Mexico's leading novelist, was born in 1928. He has been his country's ambassador to France and is the author of more than ten novels, including The Death of Artemio Cruz, Terra Nostra, The Old Gringo, The Years with Laura Diaz, Diana, the Goddess Who Hunts Alone and, most recently, The Eagle's Throne. Edith Grossman is perhaps the most noted translator of Spanish literature into English working today. She has translated many works of Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and is responsible for the most celebrated modern English version of Cervantes' Don Quixote (2003).