THE CHRISTINE RUIZ-PICASSO AUDITORIUM WELCOMES IRISH WRITER JOHN CONNOLLY, WHO HAS BEEN INVITED BY THE ANDALUSIAN CENTRE FOR LITERATURE TO ITS “CÍRCULO NEGRO” SERIES

The Christine Ruiz-Picasso Auditorium will host a new collaboration with the Andalusian Centre for Literature on Thursday 18 June at 7 pm. The event forms part of its “Círculo Negro” series, a programme dedicated to contemporary crime fiction. On this occasion, the guest author is John Connolly (Dublin, 1968), best known for his successful series of crime novels featuring detective Charlie Parker. The author will be in conversation with Carlos Pranger, translator and writer, about the latest instalment in this series: Children of Eve (Tusquets, 2026).

The latest instalment from this writer—Irish by birth but deeply steeped in the American tradition of crime fiction—is an action-packed thriller that breaks away from the supernatural elements typically found in his work. Children of Eve (Tusquets, 2026) joins the twenty or so titles dedicated to the adventures of Charlie Parker, including The White Road (Barry Award 2003) and All That Dies (Shamus Award 1999); he is also the author of the horror short story collections Nocturnos and Música nocturna. The MPM Auditorium (in Plaza de la Higuera, access via Calle Alcazabilla) is hosting this event, with free admission subject to availability.

The event, organised by the Andalusian Centre for Literature in collaboration with the MPM, forms part of the “Círculo Negro” series. A series that aims to demonstrate that the crime novel is much more than mere intrigue. It dramatises, in fact, certain democratic rights: from the presumption of innocence to the guarantee of impartiality or justice in criminal investigations. The best novels, moreover, address moral issues, such as the inherent connection with evil found in certain social dynamics rooted in power. Or conflicts of class, ethnicity and gender. Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher, mathematician and crime fiction enthusiast, believed that this genre contained more wisdom than a philosophical journal.

John Connolly studied English at Trinity College and journalism at Dublin City University. He lives in Dublin but spends part of the year in the United States, where most of his works are set. He is the author of the novel *The Bad Guys*, the horror short story collections *Nocturnes* and *Night Music*, and the beautiful *The Book of Lost Things* and *The Land of Lost Things* (both illustrated), as well as the successful series of crime novels featuring detective Charlie Parker, comprising *Everything That Dies* (1999 Shamus Award, finalist for the Bram Stoker Award and the 1999 Barry Award), The Power of Darkness, Killer Profile, The White Road (2003 Barry Award), The Black Angel, The Tormented, The Reapers, The Lovers, Whispering Voices, Beyond the Mirror, Crows, The Wrath of Angels, The Winter of the Wolf, The Song of Shadows, Dark Times, The Cold of Death, The Woman of the Forest, Ancient Blood, Deep in the South, Unmarked Graves, The Furies, The Messengers of Darkness and Children of Eve.

Carlos Pranger is a writer and translator. His main areas of research revolve around the relationships between literature, cinema and popular music, a field in which he has contributed works on David Fincher, Quentin Tarantino and Joan Manuel Serrat; on the work of Gerald Brenan, to whose legacy he has contributed with the publication of *The Diaries on Dora Carrington* (2012), The Great War Diaries (2014), Things of Spain (2019) and The Face of Spain (Renacimiento, 2020); and on Gamel Woolsey, with the publication of his complete poetry in Beyond Middle-earth (Renacimiento, 2021).

The talk will be followed by a book signing by the author at the MPM bookshop. The Christine Ruiz-Picasso Auditorium is located in Plaza de la Higuera (access via Calle Alcazabilla). Admission to the event is free until full capacity is reached.

Opening image: © Andalusian Centre for Literature

Source: MUSEO PICASSO MÁLAGA Press Office