by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
This is the third book in a series which the author says can be read as stand-alones, with The Cemetery of Forgotten Books being a plot point tying the novels together. But I found that to be untrue. Having read the first book, The Shadow of the Wind, a few years ago and then going straight to this ...
The year is 1957. It’s just before Christmas in Barcelona and Daniel and Bea are living with their son above the bookstore Sempere & Sons. The faithful servant Fermín is about to get married. One day an old man visits the bookstore and he want to buy an old and valuable version of The Count of Monte...
I was looking forward to this having enjoyed The Shadow of the Wind a couple of Years ago, but i was a little disappointed.The story was relatively easy to follow, though the telling of the tragic treatment of Fermin in jail and the way that he escaped and made a new life. It didn't have the atmosph...
In the months proceeding his scheduled wedding, Fermin shares with Daniel the reason for his "cold feet" after a mysterious one handed man has shown up at the book shop. In learning of Fermin's past, Daniel also sees the link between author David Martin and his mother. This book is a "bridge" of so...
Zafon returns! This is a clearly a series for bibliophiles, from the way each novel in the series is itself the name of a book within the Cemetery of Forgotten Books world, to the vocations of the characters, be they librarians, bookshop owners, or authors. What The Prisoner of Heaven does is pull ...
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