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The Songs of Manolo Escobar Just Published
A funny, touching, heartbreaking second novel set in Glasgow and Spain. Antonia's father is dying and he goes back to Spain to try to unravel the mysteries of his father's early life.
Published in the UK April 2011 by Polygon/Birlinn
For rights Contact Neville Moir at Polygon/Birlinn.
'This is a truly original story told in a beguiling and straightforward way.' Christina Appleyard, Daily Mail
'Alba has written a very good novel... it does what the best novels are capable of doing - that is, it makes you think and feel... there is a depth of emotion here which suggests that it was anything but easy to write'. Allan Massie, the Scotsman
'Carries real conviction and originality'. The Sunday Times
Kane's Ladder
'If you plugged Carlos Alba's first novel into the national grid it would keep the homefires burning for the rest of the year' Andrew O'Hagan
Ten-year-old Steve longs to be poor and neglected - then his sister is arrested for demanding money with menaces and his brother gets a girl pregnant. This is a funny, edgy novel about growing up in Glasgow in the 70s.
Published in the UK in March 2008 by Polygon/Birlinn
For rights Contact Neville Moir at Polygon/Birlinn.
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Following a 20 year career in journalism Carlos Alba now runs a public relations consultancy, providing communications advice and training to companies and organisations. He spent 10 years at the Sunday Times,