Pedro Feijoo, Xerais Award: “The novel is a political thriller based on corruption”

For this story, Pedro Feijoo I wanted to give a voice to all the sectors involved, so they met a lot of people. That’s right, that’s right I’m sure there will be people who will feel angry. “They don’t want to be unfair to anyone because of iso falei s mohodis,” explains the writer.

— Fáleme da novela?

— I would say that it is a kind of political thriller based on corruption, which turns several times to the question: What would happen if the autonomous president resigned from his position and told his party that he would run • Presidency of the Government Completely hypothetical situation! When will something like this happen? Doulle turns to iso, and more so with a candidate not exactly known for his fearlessness. É unha thinking about the songs of different types of dolls that we can ter diante. It’s very much a journalistic novel because it also reflects the way that information is handled in the media.

— Does it have a little connection with the Scandinavian dark novel?

— There is, but I don’t do it in a measured way because I don’t have enough training or background. I simply observe what surrounds me and know how it comes out.

— Could this be a novel or the beginning of a series?

— During the pandemic, I began to see all the cases of corruption that came to light. There were many of them, and the publishers in Barcelona really liked this format; Deille turns to that possibility, and yes, this was the first episode, but now I don’t even know what options there are to do that.

—Was it difficult or did I work on the documentation?

— Yes, there was a great work of the newspaper library, in which I was helped by young journalists, who taught me how to interpret or what was published. The newspaper library warned that it was counted and that it was not. Later they arranged interviews with people from many different sectors because I wanted to tell this story from different perspectives.