The undercurrents of history: spies, traumas, homicidal somnambulism and conspiracy theories in Joan Sales’ Incerta glòriaFootnote1

 1. I would like to thank Ernest Beattie and Dr Ian Smallwood for their insightful comments on earlier drafts of this article.

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