Books set in Catalonia, Spain

Beyond Barcelona: Cercas’s Girona of 1978 and its teenage gangs, and a murder in the Terra Alta, the dry hills of the Battle of the Ebro.

1 place, 2 books,

Catalonia

2019
Even the Darkest NightTerra Alta
2019 · Javier Cercas · crimeGandesa, Catalonia
A triple murder in the Terra Alta, the dry hills where the Battle of the Ebro was fought.
2012
OutlawsLes Lois de la frontière
2012 · Javier Cercas · novelGirona, Catalonia
Summer 1978: a Girona schoolboy crosses the river to join a gang of young delinquents.

Updated October 2026