Last Dream

An intimate and mischievous story collection, bursting with desire and playful humour, from legendary film director Pedro Almod var'A major literary talent KAVEH AKBAR, author of Martyr!'Akin to a Spanish Angela Carter' TELEGRAPHThe Last Dream brings together twelve stories from legendary film director Pedro Almod var s personal archive. Delivering a tantalising glimpse into Almod var s world, together they reflect his most intimate obsessions, as well as his daring evolution as an artist.Ranging from a beautiful chronicle of the death of Almod var s mother in The Last Dream , to a love story between Jesus and Barabbas, a cult film director out in search of painkillers on a bank holiday weekend, the original story behind the film Bad Education, and a gothic tale of a repentant vampire, these mischievous stories delight and surprise. A heady mix of factual and fictitious, befitting of one of cinema s most imaginative storytellers OBSERVER Keenly observed and spiritually sumptuous EMPIRETranslated by Frank Wynne*Readers love THE LAST DREAM* Dive into a world where vibrant characters and deep emotions come to life on the page An intriguing blend of the personal, thoughts, his remarkable professional film career and more from the superb Pedro Almod var' Colourful characters and situations, a little madness. Warmth, humour and strangeness'