in 2007 he published the novel "el misterio de las tanias" (alfaguara), a political thriller involving cuban spies, political kidnappings, and a fabled ransom worth over one billion dollars. the novel was a bestseller in chile, where it stayed in the bestseller list for almost 30 weeks. "el misterio de las tanias" was released in argentina in mid 2008 and in the rest of the spanish speaking world in 2009.