A review by sloatsj
Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me by Javier Marías

5.0

The plot involves a ghostwriter names Victor who has a rendezvous with a woman at her apartment while her husband is on a trip to London. They are about to make love when suddenly she feels unwell and within a few minutes (?) she dies. With her toddler asleep in the other room, Victor is at a loss for what to do. He wants to do the right thing but also to melt into the wall, yet overshadowing that decision is the ancient urge to understand and tell the story.
Great details, lots of Madrid noir, stalking and lurking, a wild late-emerging subplot, a king and a horserace.
Marias loves long, winding passages of rumination and extrapolation that are often enchanting but occasionally fatiguing, but nevertheless worthwhile.