Brigitte en Acción

Catalog Note "Brigitte en acción: Felicidad por televisión," by Lou Carrigan (1982), is a spy romance narrative featuring the characters Brigitte (alias Baby) and Número Uno, positioned as elite espionage agents. The story opens at Villa Tartaruga in Malta with romantic domestic scenes between the protagonists before shifting to espionage intrigue. Número Uno reveals he has been investigating TVEF (Televisión Emisaria de la Felicidad), a clandestine television broadcaster claiming to promote human happiness through programming. The couple receives a broadcast featuring Anton Yelikov, a Russian presenter, who delivers ideological commentary critiquing capitalism, wealth accumulation, and labor exploitation as sources of human misery. The narrative juxtaposes intimate romantic dialogue with political discourse about media, sexuality education, and social systems. The agents become suspicious of TVEF's true motives despite its stated humanitarian objectives, initiating direct action to investigate the organization's operations.