They've reopened the 2001 plagiarism case, in which Cela was alleged to have stolen large tracts of his novel La Cruz de San Andrés from Carmen Formoso's novel Carmen, Carmela, Carmiña.
Given that the novels are set in the same place and have characters with the same names doing the same things, there might be a case for the heirs of Cela to answer. The Independent has a nice article on the case which ends with a few facts about the Franco-supporter Cela, including this gem: 'Famously outspoken, he once boasted on television that he could pump a litre of water through his bottom.'
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