Book Review: Lord of All the Dead; Soldiers of Salamis by Javier Cercas

Javier Cercas’s new novel, ‘Lord of All the Dead’, is as preoccupied with the Spanish Civil War, the nature of heroism, and the distortions of history as his most famous, ‘Soldiers of Salamis’, says Alannah Hopkin .

Lord of All the Dead, Javier Cercas (Translated by Anne McLean) Maclehose Books, £20