After receiving one of the short story awards, “El Pensador”, from the ULPGC last summer, our colleague, Professor Francisco López del Pino, from the Department of Applied Economic Analysis, has just published a detective comedy novel distinguished by its innovative approach and pronounced sense of humor.

In addition to teaching at the Faculty, Paco dedicates part of his time to crafting stories that start from ordinary situations and spiral into complete chaos, filled with quirky characters and decisions as questionable as they are amusing—just like in his newly released novel, “Casos para lelos” (“Cases for Fools”), an absurd detective comedy in which the only sane character is the cat.

The book features two parallel storylines: on the one hand, a protagonist who finds herself caught in a series of chaotic events while trying to solve a mysterious case; on the other hand, a character who independently investigates an alleged international conspiracy. Both narratives, developed from very
different perspectives—intuition versus logic—ultimately converge into a single story.

The novel also offers an unconventional reading structure: readers can follow either the odd or even chapters independently, although a full understanding of the story requires combining both narrative threads.

The Faculty invites the university community to enjoy reading this work and congratulates the author on this achievement and his ingenious literary proposal.