Books Burn Badly

On 19 August 1936 Hercules the boxer stands on the quayside at Coruna and watches Fascist soldiers piling up books and setting them alight. With this moment a young carefree group of friends are transformed into a broken generation.

• | By (Author): Manuel Rivas
• | Publisher: Vintage Publishing
• | Publication Date: Feb 03, 2011
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 560 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0099520338
• | ISBN-13: 9780099520337