The Angel's Game.

CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON

Publication: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2009, London:

First U.K. edition. Translated by Lucia Graves. Originally published in Spain, 2008. Signed by the author on a publisher's card laid-in. Fine in fine dust jacket. Barcelona, 1920s: in an abandoned mansion 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 tales about the city's underworld. Perhaps his dark imaginings are not as strange as they seem, for in a locked room deep within the house are letters hinting at the mysterious death of the previous owner. Then David receives a letter from a reclusive French editor, Andreas Corelli, who makes him the offer of a lifetime...he must write a book with the power to change hearts and minds. In return, he'll receive a fortune. But as David begins the work, he realizes that there is a connection between this haunting book and the shadows that surround his home. "...the fastest selling book in Spanish history."

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