Ten brilliant stories full of imagination, desire and humor.

Summary of Light Sabbath Debaucheries:

Without a doubt, ligeros are less veiled and, above all, full of desire in the most carnal sense. Luis G. Berlanga has described them as erecting—or rather, lubricating—and the reader will be able to confirm this with such succulent stories as "Pincho moruno" or "Pascualino y los globos"; discover also the infinite possibilities offered by gastronomy with "A Surprising Woman" or, in short, confirm your usual suspicions about the relationship that united Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes in "Two Unforgettable Partners" with the eroticism of logic.

• Number of pages: 144

ABOUT THE AUTHOR OF LIGHT SABBATH DELICTS

Mercedes Abad, born in Barcelona in 1961, studied Information Sciences at the Autonomous University of that city. Since becoming known in 1986 with Ligeros libertinajes sabáticos (La Sonrisa Vertical 47), winner of the VIII La Sonrisa Vertical Prize, she has published the short stories Felicidades conyugales (Happy Conyugales) and Soplando al viento (Andanzas 107 and 233). Her first novel, Sangre (Andanzas 417), was published in 2000, receiving critical and popular acclaim.

She is also the author of several radio scripts and texts, as well as theater productions such as Pretèrit perfecte (1992), Se non è vero (1995), and Bunyols de Quaresma (1998). She has adapted for the stage Dangerous Liaisons (2001) and Philosophy in the Dressing Room by the Marquis de Sade, and for the Fura dels Baus show XXX (2002). She is a regular contributor to the Catalan edition of El País and has collected her articles in the volume Titúlate tú (2002).