Overview

• The XXI Premio Tusquets carries €18,000, with the decision by a panel led by Antonio Orejudo alongside Bárbara Blasco, Eva Cosculluela, Corina Oproae and editor Juan Cerezo.
• The novel reconstructs a clandestine 1970s anticapitalist cell through the perspective of Valeria, a radicalized woman navigating training, doubt and self-determination.
• Jurors praised Serrano’s “prodigious inventiveness,” noting a narrative that fuses thriller tension, dark atmospheres and touches of comic or absurd tone.
• Serrano cites inspirations including Carlos the Jackal, the Baader-Meinhof group, Thomas Pynchon and Don DeLillo’s 'Libra', with Cold War double‑agent suspicions in the backdrop.
• The Extremaduran author, previously known for 'Perros del desierto', 'Hajira' and 'En la costa desaparecida', is active with the HUL association and co-directs the Rancho Drácula podcast.