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The Angel's Game
The Angel's Game
Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafon
From master storyteller Carlos Ruiz Zafon, author of the international phenomenon The Shadow of the Wind, comes The Angel’s Game — a dazzling new page-turner about the perilous nature of obsession, in literature and in love. — — The whole of Barcelona stretched out at my feet and I wanted to believe that when I opened ...  more »— my new windows — each evening its streets would whisper stories to me, secrets in my ear, that I could catch on paper and narrate to whomever cared to listen…

In an abandoned mansion at the heart of Barcelona, a young man, David Martin, makes his living by writing sensationalist novels under a pseudonym. The survivor of a troubled childhood, he has taken refuge in the world of books and spends his nights spinning baroque tales about the city’s underworld. But perhaps his dark imaginings are not as strange as they seem, for in a locked room deep within the house lie photographs and letters hinting at the mysterious death of the previous owner.

Like a slow poison, the history of the place seeps into his bones as he struggles with an impossible love. Close to despair, David receives a letter from a reclusive French editor, Andreas Corelli, who makes him the offer of a lifetime. He is to write a book unlike anything that has ever existed — a book with the power to change hearts and minds. In return, he will receive a fortune, and perhaps more. But as David begins the work, he realizes that there is a connection between his haunting book and the shadows that surround his home.

Once again, Zafon takes us into a dark, gothic universe first seen in The Shadow of the Wind and creates a breathtaking adventure of intrigue, romance, and tragedy. Through a dizzyingly constructed labyrinth of secrets, the magic of books, passion, and friendship blend into a masterful story.

From the Hardcover edition.
ISBN-13: 9780385667647
ISBN-10: 0385667647
Publication Date: 5/18/2010
Pages: 544
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Publisher: Anchor Canada
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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Enjoyed very much, Ruiz can spin a web of mystery like no one else
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After waiting 4 years for this book, I devoured it in 2 days. The Angel's Game stands on it's own after following the success of Shadow of the Wind. Ruiz Zafon somehow makes it all work mixing mystery, gothic suspense, fantasy, literature, Barcelona, brought along swiftly through the wonderful wit and sarcasm of the main character David Martin.

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