El honor de los decentes / Honor of the Virtuous

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El honor de los decentes / Honor of the Virtuous by Pujol, Purificación, 9788401033223
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  • ISBN: 9788401033223 | 8401033225
  • Cover: Paperback
  • Copyright: 11/12/2024

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La historia apasionante de una mujer valiente que antepone su honor y su dignidad al convencionalismo de la época.

Barcelona, 1969. Bertha es funcionaria en el Juzgado Especial de Vagos y Maleantes, donde se persigue a colectivos disidentes o excluidos de la sociedad por su pensamiento, oficio o inclinación sexual. Sin embargo, tiene problemas para acatar órdenes que conllevan el sufrimiento de inocentes. Cuando su hermano aparece muerto en extrañas circunstancias, se ve obligada a investigar una trama gubernamental que lleva la represión al límite y que podría acabar con su carrera y con su propia vida.
 
La primera novela de la abogada y jueza Purificación Pujol es un thriller trepidante, ambientado en Barcelona y Menorca, que combina acción e intriga y desvela los entresijos del poder político y jurídico antes de la Transición.

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The gripping story of a brave woman that puts her honor and her dignity ahead of the conventionalism of the time.
 
Barcelona, 1969. Bertha is a civil servant at the Vagrancy and Crime Court, where she prosecutes dissident collectives or groups excluded from society due to their ideas, profession, or sexual orientation. However, she has a problem following orders that entail the suffering of innocents. When her brother is found dead under strange circumstances, she is forced to investigate a government plot that takes repression to the limit and could put an end to her career and even her life.
 
The first novel by lawyer and judge Purificación Pujol is a heart-pounding thriller set in Barcelona and Menorca that combines action and intrigue, and unveils the intricacies of the political and legal system prior to the Spanish transition to democracy.