The Genesis of a Book - Mantequero by Jenny Twist

Mantequero by Jenny Twist

MANTEQUERO

 BLURB

Nobody had ever wanted to kiss June until she met her holiday romance.

Ignacio wanted to kiss her all the time.  But was it just kisses he wanted?
Or did he have a more sinister purpose?
Soon June begins to lose weight. 
A lot of weight! Could Ignacio be . . .  The Mantequero!

THE GENESIS

I first read about the mantequero in Gerald Brennan’s books.

He tells the tale of how a tall, thin and very pale aristocratic friend of his was captured by some peasants when he was walking in the mountains. They were convinced he was a mantequero because he was so pale and thin, and were about to murder him on the spot, but decided, to be on the safe side, to take him to the mayor. Luckily the mayor was not so superstitious and told them he was not a mantequero but an Englishman.

I was very intrigued by this and did some research. There isn’t a great deal written down about the supernatural being but, as with other kinds of vampire, real live people have been accused of imitating the mantequero, the most notorious being Juan Diaz de Garayo, who confessed to six murders but was probably responsible for many more. He was, however, only given the title 'mantequero' because a child he attacked was so horrified by his ugly face that she thought he was the sacamantecas. A more viable candidate is Manuel Blanco Romasanta, born in 1809, who was a travelling vendor of fats used for greasing wheels. He was accused of using human fat in his products, but escaped justice and went on to murder a further nine people, inflicting horrible wounds and partially eating their corpses.

As recently as the summer of 1910, Francisco Leone, a healer, kidnapped and killed a seven year old boy with the sole purpose of extracting his blood and fat, for use in the cure of a third man suffering from tuberculosis.
 

But of the legend there is very little, so I felt justified in inventing my own mantequero. I hope you liked him.

Mantequero 2 will be released later this year.

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