Arturo Pérez Reverte is known for his stories and tonight he went to El Hormiguero to present his new novel, The Final Problem. It is not the first time that he has attended the program, in fact, the last time he made the audience reflect on some social problems.
Without hesitation he gave his opinion on the political situation and tonight was no less. He has responded with total sincerity to Pablo Motos' questions about how to write novels and about war. Although he has also repositioned himself politically regarding the current situation. “I am against amnesty.”
After starting the interview, the writer confessed that beyond the war and the current Spanish political situation, what people face most is nationalism and religion. “It is what most corrodes, confronts, undermines coexistence and fanaticizes human beings.”
Along these lines, Motos has not missed the opportunity to ask him about his position regarding the amnesty, Pedro Sánchez and Puigdemont, to which Pérez Reverte has been clear. He has confessed that the amnesty “seems bad to me, the thing is that I understand Pedro Sánchez.”
He has continued by stating that, as a novelist and observer, Sánchez “is a fascinating character. He is a political adventurer, a gunfighter, a murderer. A guy who doesn't notice anything. He has the same instinct as a chess player, but he has not read a book in his life and I am sure of that,” he stated.
However, the networks have been on fire as soon as he has acknowledged that he considers Sánchez as someone “brave, tenacious, daring, without scruples. He is the most interesting politician in Spain and possibly in Europe.” Some adjectives that some users on the networks do not agree with.
Although many users call Pérez Reverte's interview in El Hormiguero "vomitive," there are some who subscribe to the writer's words about Pedro Sánchez. “I just get up from the couch and applaud him.”
Although Pérez Reverte is known for taking care of his words, and many have applauded them, there have been users who did not like him calling Pedro Sánchez a “murderer.” They have even attacked Pablo Motos and called him “never showing decency.”
Beyond his opinion about Sánchez, Pérez Reverte has confessed that all politicians "are capable of selling their mother, but Sánchez gives ours instead of his." Furthermore, he has ruled that he “will fall when he has nothing to sell. He will fall alone, unbeatable. “I am fascinated by him.”
