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Historia de la buena funcionaria
A funny & tragic critique of a Spanish civil servant, Berenice, an intelligent, modern woman who thanks to fate passes the rigorous 'oposiciones' exams for a public sector job on the death of General Franco. After years of dictatorship, democratic parties are entering the municipal palace where the forces of the old regime cling on with all their might. In love with a Catalan singer-songwriter, Berenice puts up with her modern friends teasing her lover and the professional persecution that comes from upholding an ethical stance amidst all kinds of corruption. A political metaphor and sentimental tour of the last few decades of Spanish history written by someone who experienced the events from inside, the book is a critique of the significant deficiencies hanging over Spanish society.