The Prisoner Of Heaven
Author | : Carlos Ruiz Zafon |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2012-07-10 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781443413817 |
ISBN-13 | : 144341381X |
Rating | : 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Barcelona, 1957. It is Christmas, and Daniel Sempere and his wife, Bea, have much to celebrate. They have a beautiful new baby son named Julián, and their close friend Fermín Romero de Torres is about to be wed. But their joy is eclipsed when a mysterious stranger visits the Sempere bookshop and threatens to divulge a terrible secret that has been buried for two decades in the city's dark past. His appearance plunges Fermín and Daniel into a dangerous adventure that will take them back to the 1940s and the early days of Franco's dictatorship. The terrifying events of that time launch them on a search for the truth that will put into peril everything they love, and will ultimately transform their lives.