Books set in Galicia, Spain

Green, rainy and Atlantic: a painter shot in a Santiago jail in 1936, and a fisherman washed up on a beach near Vigo.

1 place, 2 books,

Galicia

2009
Death on a Galician Shore La Plage des noyés
Domingo Villar · crime · 2009
A fisherman washes up near Vigo with his hands tied, and the village keeps quiet.
1998
The Carpenter’s Pencil Le Crayon du charpentier
Manuel Rivas · novel · 1998
1936: in a Galician jail, a guard shoots a painter and keeps the pencil, which talks.

Updated October 2026