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Rent The Angel's Game
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Format: Quality Paperback, Unabridged-CD
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: May 2010
Genre: Fiction - Literary
Retail Price: $20.00
Pages: 544
Synopsis
From the author of the international phenomenon The Shadow of the Wind, comes a riveting new masterpiece about love, literature, and betrayal.
In this powerful, labyrinthian thriller, David Martín is a pulp fiction writer struggling to stay afloat. Holed up in a haunting abandoned mansion in the heart of Barcelona, he furiously taps out story after story, becoming increasingly desperate and frustrated. Thus, when he is approached by a mysterious publisher offering a book deal that seems almost too good to be real, David leaps at the chance. But as he begins the work, and after a visit to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, he realizes that there is a connection between his book and the shadows that surround his dilapidated home and that the publisher may be hiding a few troubling secrets of his own. Once again, Ruiz Zafón takes us into a dark, gothic Barcelona and creates a breathtaking tale of intrigue, romance, and tragedy
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Reviews
What a Wonderful book! It is a darker, and perhaps more profound novel, than Shadow Of The Wind, but is recognizably by the same author. The main theme of the book is that of a Faustian deal made by a poor but extremely ambitious young man who, while not believing in the existence of souls is perfectly willing to sell his own for literary and monetary success. What makes the novel so compelling is that even the minor characters seem to come alive under Mr. Ruiz Zafon's riveting style as translated into English by Lucia Graves who--if I'm not mistaken--is the daughter of the poet, Robert Graves.If you like fine literature with more than a touch of magic realism, do read this book. You will be in for a treat.