The Seville Communion
| Author | Arturo Pérez-Reverte |
|---|---|
| Original title | La piel del tambor |
| Translator | Sonia Soto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Publisher | Alfaguara |
Publication date | 1995 |
| Publication place | Spain |
Published in English | 1 April 1998[1] |
| Pages | 589 |
| ISBN | 8420482013 |
The Seville Communion (Spanish: La piel del tambor, lit. 'The Drum Skin') is a 1995 thriller novel by the Spanish writer Arturo Pérez-Reverte. It follows a priest who is sent from the Vatican to Seville to investigate how a dilapidated church threatened by demolition may be connected to several mysterious deaths.[2]
Reception
The New York Times called the book "good fun, as entertaining as it often is silly".[3]
The novel was the basis for the 2007 television serial Quart, el hombre de Roma and the 2022 film The Man from Rome.[4]
References
- ^ "The Seville Communion". Kirkus Reviews. 15 February 1998. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
- ^ "The Seville Communion". Publishers Weekly. 13 April 1998. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
- ^ Baumann, Paul (3 May 1998). "Holy Orders". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
- ^ "Richard Armitage y Amaia Salamanca protagonizan 'La piel del tambor', basada en la novela de Pérez-Reverte" (in Spanish). RTVE. Retrieved 12 February 2026.