The King of Redonda

When Javier Marias wrote this essay on William Faulkner for The Threepenny Review last year, he may have invented the best brief author bio yet:
"Javier Marías is the author of A Heart So White, All Souls, Dark Back of Time, and many other works of fiction and nonfiction; he is also the reigning king of Redonda."
He speaks to The Guardian here; The Herald has a review of 'Fever and Spear', the first part of his "novel in three volumes", which, he is careful to clarify, is not a trilogy.
I'm told that copies of Fever and Spear will be in the bookshops midweek. Expect blogging to dip sharply.