Throughout The Glass Storm, the first novel by architect Pedro Torrijos (Ediciones B), there are 26 quotes from William Shakespeare that are like secret clues to understand the book. "Note that all quotations belong to Shakespeare's tragedies, not to comedies: Lear, La tempest, Othello, The Merchant of Venice and Hamlet," says the author.
"And of Hamlet, only one line comes out: Goodbye, goodbye, remember me," he adds. "Goodbye, goodbye remember me" is what Hugh Stubbins and William LeMessurier, the failed heroes of The Crystal Storm, say.