Galíndez
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Wikidata image Galíndez is a novel by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, published in 1990.[1] It centres on a real, dramatic and dark episode of the history of the Dominican Republic: the kidnapping, torturing and murdering of Jesús de Galíndez in 1956, representative of the Basque government in exile before the U.S. State Department and the involvement and cover-up by the CIA.[1][2]Template:Rp The novel received Spain's National Literary Award in 1991 and the Europa Prize.[1][2]Template:Rp
The detective and narrator of the novel is Muriel Corbert.[2]Template:Rp She is a history graduate who seeks out the truth of Galíndez' fate.[2]Template:Rp In doing so she travels from the United States, to Spain and then the Dominican Republic, and uncovers a conspiracy between Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo, the CIA and Francoist Spain.[2]Template:Rp
The novel was made into a film in 2003, called El Misterio Galíndez (literally "The Galindez Mystery", but also known as "The Galíndez File").[3][4][5] The film stars Saffron Burrows and Harvey Keitel.[3][4][5]