rdaisygal 's review for:

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

4.0

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This was on 1001 Books to Read before You Die. A novel in the noir style, it is dark and mysterious with shady characters and beautiful women and more beautiful prose even in translation. It hooked me from the first since the whole story revolves around a book that the young protagonist passionately loves and his quest to find more books by the author which leads him places he would have never imagined.