Corrosive from beginning to end. A book that takes the form of a breathless and very necessary literary carrousel.
Babelia, El Pais"Marvelous. . . . It kicks off as a witty farce and ends up being devastating." El Cultural, El Mundo"Marta Sanz proves her excellence in a choral novel on the world of show business and actors, with several engaging layers." El Imparcial A rich, complex and intelligent piece of work. Estado Critico This lucid and sharp portrait of life today goes beyond the merely entertaining. High-quality literature, a book which allows us to contemplate the cultural and social world that surrounds us from a privileged perspective." Que LeerConsidered the best Spanish novel of2015, Show Biz is a caustic account of artistic life and its discontents.Show business might seem glamorous, but behind the scenes, reality can be altogether different. The stage play of All About Eve by a famous director brings together a series of characters from the Madrid theater scene for a few weeks in which their real lives inevitably mix with those of their fictional alter egos. A story about the fear of losing your place, generational change, and aging.Marta Sanz is one of the most acclaimed literary women writers in Spain, winner of prominent literary awards like the Premio Herralde de Novelaand the Premio Ojo Critico. She has published novels, short stories, and poetry and she frequently contributes to the Babelia cultural supplement of El Pais newspaper."
