Ignacio Padilla (México, 1968) es autor de varias novelas y libros de relatos. Amphitryon es presentado como Premio Primavera de Novela 2000, otorgado por la editorial en España (donde fue publicado originalmente). Desde el principio, el lector se ve cautivado por la riqueza y manejo del lenguaje, así como por una trama inimaginable, plena de suspenso e intriga. El ajedrez es telón de fondo y discreto hilo conductor, aunado al extraordinario problema de la identidad personal dependiente del nombre propio o usurpado. Los cuatro narradores de esta historia nos conducen por los derroteros del código de honor de los ajedrecistas contrastado con el temple de los expoliadores de personalidad, para presentarnos un mundo complejo, en ocasiones malvado, siempre imprevisto y sorprendente. Es la historia de un proyecto diabólico, la conspiración de unos hombres que marcaron con sangre el siglo XX –entre los que se encuentra el nazi Adolf Eichmann, coronel del III Reich– y que, además, parece nunca acabar. El lector se pregunta si no se encuentra inmerso en ella, si el mundo realmente no será como lo presenta el autor en este fascinante y fuerte relato de soberbia belleza narrativa e inquietante trama.
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