Suspicious Noriega is a vast, subtle but exhilarating novel featuring an array of fascinating characters – the enigmatic Selva, the ominous Carabela and many more – who enter and exit the lives of the protagonist and Falucho, his equally legendary friend through good and bad times. Narrated with Sasturain’s customary mixture of fluidity, humour and allusive complexity, this tale about an ‘absolute lifeguard’ is undoubtedly his most ambitious novel.