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The Prisoner of Heaven returns to the world of The Cemetery of Forgotten Books and the Sempere & Sons bookshop, where Daniel, and his old friend Fermín Romero de Torres, are tending shop. Daniel is now married with a son, and Fermín is soon to follow. Both men lead relatively happy and quiet lives. Enter an enigmatic visitor--a grim old man with a piercing gaze--who inquires about Fermín’s whereabouts. When told he is not in, the old man proceeds to buy the most expensive item in the store, a first edition of The Count of Monte Cristo, adds a dedication and leaves it as a present for Fermín. When Daniel reveals the details of this unsettling encounter to his friend, Fermín reads the dedication, turns pale, and at Daniel’s insistence, decides to open up about a past that has come back to haunt him…a story that will leave Daniel questioning his very existence. --harpercollins.ca
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The Prisoner of Heaven, Carlos Ruiz Safon, Lucia Graves
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 2012
- Reliure
- (rigide)
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- Sous-titre
- A Novel
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Carlos Ruiz Safon, Lucia Graves
- Publié
- 2012
- Format
- rigide
- Pages
- 496
- ISBN10
- 1443413798
- ISBN13
- 9781443413794
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Polars & Thrillers, Fantasy, Romans historiques, Polars, Espagne, Réalisme magique, Sur les livres, Barcelone
- Première publication
- 2011
- Titre original
- El prisionero del cielo
- Évaluation
- 4,25 sur 5
- Description
- The Prisoner of Heaven returns to the world of The Cemetery of Forgotten Books and the Sempere & Sons bookshop, where Daniel, and his old friend Fermín Romero de Torres, are tending shop. Daniel is now married with a son, and Fermín is soon to follow. Both men lead relatively happy and quiet lives. Enter an enigmatic visitor--a grim old man with a piercing gaze--who inquires about Fermín’s whereabouts. When told he is not in, the old man proceeds to buy the most expensive item in the store, a first edition of The Count of Monte Cristo, adds a dedication and leaves it as a present for Fermín. When Daniel reveals the details of this unsettling encounter to his friend, Fermín reads the dedication, turns pale, and at Daniel’s insistence, decides to open up about a past that has come back to haunt him…a story that will leave Daniel questioning his very existence. --harpercollins.ca