Like a Fading Shadow

In 1968, after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., James Earl Ray evades capture, embarking on a tumultuous journey through Canada and London before arriving in Lisbon, where he awaits a visa that never comes. Antonio Muñoz Molina uses declassified FBI files to explore Ray's last days of freedom, interweaving it with his own reflections as a struggling writer in 1987 and his present-day thoughts on the art of storytelling. Set against the backdrop of Lisbon, the narrative delves into themes of identity and the complexities of the human experience.