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At Close Quarters

2009 novel by Eugenio Fuentes

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 16, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

At Close Quarters is a 2007 novel by Spanish author Eugenio Fuentes. Martin Schifino's English translation appeared in 2009 under Arcadia Books' imprint Euro Crime.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “At Close Quarters” as 2009 novel by Eugenio Fuentes. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Close, Quarters and novel.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2007, 2009—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Close, Quarters and novel providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “At Close Quarters”, the useful work is to connect “2009 novel by Eugenio Fuentes” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 16, 2026. The first chronological checks are 2007 and 2009.

Critical limits

Rights, attribution and provenance may remain disputed even when a general reference summary presents a stable account. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “At Close Quarters” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.