A YANK IN FRANCO MADRID

It was a time when the ubiquitous Seat 600 cars and streetcars still plied the streets of Madrid, when Franco’s rule had notably softened and the first hordes of tourists started swarming into Spain.

For some expatriates the country proved to be a land of opportunity, where struggling talents could blossom forth and those Anglos with literary and journalistic ambitions achieve success.