Overview
- Maurette’s novel prevailed in the 43rd edition of the Anagrama prize, selected from 892 submissions and awarding €25,000.
- He submitted the manuscript under the pseudonym “Carlos Bernárdez,” a common practice in major literary competitions.
- The book follows a young writer who seeks to appropriate a late mentor’s unfinished manuscript about a 17th‑century “contrabando ejemplar.”
- Jurors Juan Pablo Villalobos, Cecilia Fanti, Gonzalo Pontón Gijón, Marta Sanz and editor Silvia Sesé lauded its humor, picaresque echoes and historical scope.
- Anagrama plans to publish the novel on November 26, with some outlets reporting December availability.