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OverviewWolfram (or tungsten), because of its hardness and high density, was an important raw material for the arms industry during the Second World War. The main European source of this element was Portugal, which was therefore put under pressure by both the Allies and the Nazis, but Galicia in north-west Spain, sitting on top of Portugal, was also an important source. Hence the 'fever' referred to in the title of this book. Not only did the Germans set up official mines in Galicia to extract wolfram, but there were lots of unofficial miners hoping to make a quick buck. Carmucha's father, Mat�as, had been roped into becoming the president of the Casino Club in Noia, a small coastal town twenty miles west of Santiago de Compostela, making him part of the establishment, but Carmucha is her own woman and she prefers to sell to the English. This will bring her into conflict with Yellow, a civil guard with his finger on the pulse of the illegal trade in wolfram, who doesn't like his interests being interfered with. It will also bring her into contact with an English agent, Colin, who offers her a much higher price than that being paid on the market. Against a backdrop of Allied-Axis conflict, in a Spain under Franco's dictatorship, Carmucha will need to walk a very fine line between opposing interests if she doesn't want to end up dead in a ditch. She will need to do this with or without the support of her father, with whom she has a difficult relationship and who always seems to want to rein her in. H�ctor Carr� is a Galician film director and writer who has worked on international films such as Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. His first full-length movie, Burn Me, was nominated for a Goya award. His novel Fever won the prestigious Caixa Galicia Foundation Prize for Young People's Literature in 2011. Full Product DetailsAuthor: H�ctor Carr� , Jonathan DunnePublisher: Small Stations Press Imprint: Small Stations Press Volume: 26 Dimensions: Width: 13.30cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.240kg ISBN: 9789543841271ISBN 10: 9543841276 Pages: 206 Publication Date: 04 November 2021 Recommended Age: From 13 to 18 years Audience: Young adult , Teenage / Young adult Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |