Fifteen books to read on a Spanish vacation

At the Waterstones blog Martha Greengrass tagged fifteen books to take on a Spanish vacation. One title on the list:

Thus Bad Begins
Javier Marias

Award-winning author Javier Marias weaves a darkly thrilling tale of love, betrayal and lives played out in the unhappy shadow of history. He presents a study of the infinitely permeable boundaries between private and public selves, between observer and participant, between the deceptions we suffer from others and those we enact upon ourselves.

Read about the other entries on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue