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Author:
Martínez de Pisón, Ignacio, 1960- author.
Title:
Filek : El estafador que engañó a Franco / Ignacio Martínez de Pisón.
Edition:
Primera edición.
Publisher:
Seix Barral,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
285 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Filek, Albert von,--1889-1952--Fiction.
Franco, Francisco,--1892-1975--Fiction.
Franco, Francisco,--1892-1975.
Chemists--Spain--Fiction.
Swindlers and swindling--Spain--Fiction.
Chemists.
Swindlers and swindling.
Spain.
Nonfiction novels.
Biographical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Nonfiction novels.
Fiction.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-276) and index.
Summary:
"La famélica España de 1939 está a punto de convertirse en la principal potencia exportadora de petróleo. Un químico austriaco llamado Albert von Filek, inventor de un supuesto combustible sintético, una mezcla de extractos vegetales con aguadel río Jarama, ha puesto su fórmula secreta al servicio del engrandecimiento de la nueva España después de rechazar generosísimas ofertas de grandes compañías"--Page 4 of cover.
"The famished Spain of 1939 is about to become the main oil exporting power." An Austrian chemist named Albert von Filek, inventor of a supposed synthetic fuel, a mixture of vegetable extracts with water from the Jarama River, has put his secret formula at service of the aggrandizement of the new Spain after rejecting generous offers from large companies."
Series:
Biblioteca breve
ISBN:
8432233676
9788432233678
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1040263013
LCCN:
2018385751
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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