The Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
What a delightful surprise! Zafón
has resurrected the gothic mystery, and brought all the darkness and mystery of
Barcelona together in a fine debut novel. The Shadow of the Wind may plod a bit
at first, but once Daniel, Julian Carax, Fermin, and the rest get going, the
novel’s four-hundred odd pages fly by. It’s all here, from illicit romance,
evil policemen, leather masks, trapdoors, foggy nights, sinister hunchbacks,
beautiful women, and more than a few verbal high-jinx.
Perhaps my favorite of the
novels I read in 2012. Highly recommended.
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