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Slippery figures in anomalous situations - ghosts, spies, bodyguards, criminals - haunt these stories by Javier Mariacute;as: the characters come bearing theirstrange and special secrets, and never leave our minds. In one story, a man obsessed with his much younger lover endlessly videotapes her every move, andthen confides his surprising plans for her; in another a ghost canrs"t stop resigning from his job. Masterfully, Mariacute;as manages in a small space to perplex anddelight. "The short story fits Mariacute;as like a glove," as Le Point noted. His storieshave been hailed as "formidably intelligent" ( The London Review of Books ),"a bracing tonic" ( Chicago Tribune ), and "startling" ( The New York TimesBook Review ).