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Greetings!

I find it a strange coincidence that I have discovered
this newsgroup today, because yesterday I finished a novel
with the title "Galindez," authored by Manuel Vazquez Montalban.
According to the book jacket, the book was awarded the
National Prize for Literature in Spain. I read an English
translation.

I am curious as to how much of the book is based upon
fact. The story is about a Basque named Jesus Galindez
who fights with the Basques against the Fascists in the
Spanish Civil War, then flees after the war to the
Dominican Republic under the control of the dictator
Trujillo.  Disgusted with Trujillo's megalomania, Galindez,
who has become a leader of the "Basque Government in
Exile," leaves the D.R. and goes to New York. There,
he writes against Trujillo, who has him kidnapped,
tortured, and executed.  The story is also about
a Yale graduate student who is searching out the
Galindez story. She ends up digging too deep, and
I won't ruin the story by saying any more.

Galindez is portrayed as a tragic figure, but one who
is intensely devoted to Euzkadi above all else.  The
book says that he was with the Partido Nacionalista Vasco
(PNV).

Was there really such a person?

-Martin Lewison
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Martin I. Lewison                                milst1+@pitt.edu
Katz Graduate School of Business Ph.D. Program -- University of Pittsburgh
"Hardy har har. No, 'business ethics' is not an oxymoron." -- Me