Off Side

TRANSLATED BY ED EMERY

MELVILLE HOUSE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

ME LVI LLE I NTE R NATIONAL CR I ME

OFF SIDE First published in 1988 as El delantero centro fue asesinado al atardecer by Editorial Planeta, S.A., Barcelona Copyright © 1988 Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Translation © 1996 Ed Emery This edition published by arrangement with Serpent’s Tail First Melville House printing: May 2012 Melville House Publishing 145 Plymouth Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 www.mhpbooks.com ISBN: 978-1-61219-115-7 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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