I am in love with The Shadow Of The Wind. It is such a great book, it has everything you want in a book, mystery, suspense, murder, good vs. evil, love, hate, sexuality, anger and psychological themes. I would recommend this book to everyone because the way the story unfolds is marvelous. I can't wait to talk about it in February's book club. I can't wait till January's book club either because The Tenth Circle was another awesome book.
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Wow, I'm glad you liked it. It just looked kind of long to me. What a trooper! I also can't wait for January's book club, as I have a very short memory and can honestly say I don't remember half of The Tenth Circle.
What's it about?
The time is the 1950s; the place, Barcelona. Daniel Sempere, the son of a widowed bookstore owner, is 10 when he discovers a novel, The Shadow of the Wind, by Julián Carax. The novel is rare, the author obscure, and rumors tell of a horribly disfigured man who has been burning every copy he can find of Carax's novels. The man calls himself Laín Coubert-the name of the devil in one of Carax's novels. As he grows up, Daniel's fascination with the mysterious Carax links him to a blind femme fatale with a "porcelain gaze," Clara Barceló; another fan, a leftist jack-of-all-trades, Fermín Romero de Torres; his best friend's sister, the delectable Beatriz Aguilar; and, as he begins investigating the life and death of Carax, a cast of characters with secrets to hide. Officially, Carax's dead body was dumped in an alley in 1936. But discrepancies in this story surface. Meanwhile, Daniel and Fermín are being harried by a sadistic policeman, Carax's childhood friend. As Daniel's quest continues, frightening parallels between his own life and Carax's begin to emerge.
OMG! Again, I'm glad you liked it, but reading that almost put me to sleep.
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