{"product_id":"the-eye-of-goliath-by-diego-muzzio-rahul-bery","title":"The Eye of Goliath by Diego Muzzio, Rahul Bery (Paperback) (PREORDER)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFiction - Gothic - Horror - Hispanic and Latino\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRELEASE DATE: 9\/1\/2026\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e (WILL SHIP DIRECTLY FROM OUR SUPPLIER'S WAREHOUSE)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by: Rahul Bery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA dark, propulsive literary gothic novel that puts a modern twist on Stevenson and Poe, from a thrilling new voice in Latin American horror.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Impossible to stop reading. It has all the fascinating tension of great literature.” — Mariana Enríquez, author of Our Share of Night\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this deliriously inventive twist on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Argentine powerhouse Diego Muzzio conjures a haunting story of shattering war trauma and the disturbing proximity of sanity and madness in his English-language debut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1920s Edinburgh, war veteran Dr. Edward Pierce develops experimental therapies to treat mentally ill patients whose cases have been rejected by conventional psychiatry. One night, he receives a visitor who asks him to take on an unusual new patient: David Bradley, an engineer who was sent to inspect the conditions of a lighthouse on a remote island in southern Argentina. The sojourn was a disaster, and he returned completely mute, his body overwhelmed by a single compulsion: to swim and swim, in any environment, to the point of total exhaustion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBradley’s fragmentary diary reveals how this rational, disciplined man became the deranged individual brought to the sanatorium. Full of bizarre details and echoes of macabre events, it guides Pierce in his studies of his patients, propelling him into scientific terrain that grows increasingly grotesque.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith an ingenious structure that creates doubling and uncertainty at every turn, The Eye of Goliath is a masterfully tense novel that unites classic gothic atmospheres with disturbingly modern psychological horror.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAUTHOR BIO: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiego Muzzio\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was born in Buenos Aires and currently lives in France. An author of poetry and fiction for children and adults, he has won several literary awards, including the Premio Hispanoamericano de Poesía Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and the 2023 Fundación Medifé Filba Award. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Eye of Goliath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRANSLATOR BIO: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eRahul Bery\u003c\/b\u003e translates from Spanish \u0026amp; Portuguese to English, and is based in Cardiff. He has translated books by David Trueba, Simone Campos and Michel Nieva and his translations have also appeared in \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eStinging Fly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFreeman's\u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50178257912001,"sku":"9781805680369","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0535\/7522\/1441\/files\/9781805680369.jpg?v=1777852738","url":"https:\/\/www.bookhavenbooks.com\/products\/the-eye-of-goliath-by-diego-muzzio-rahul-bery","provider":"Book Haven Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}