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The Prisoner of Heaven
Published 20 March 2013
ISBN 9781922079886
Format Paperback
Extent 288pp
AU Price $22.99
NZ Price $30.00

The Prisoner of Heaven

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20 Mar 2013
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21 June 2012
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The bestselling author of The Shadow of the Wind takes us back to the shadowy streets of Barcelona and the world of the Sempere and Sons bookshop.

Continuing the story of The Shadow of the Wind and The Angel's Game, The Prisoner of Heaven leads us to the enigma at the heart of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. It is a mesmerising tale of passion, suspicion and betrayal.

It begins just before Christmas in Barcelona in 1957, one year after Daniel and Bea from The Shadow of the Wind have married. They now have a son, Julian, and are living with Daniel's father at Sempere & Sons. Fermin still works with them and is busy preparing for his wedding to Bernarda in the New Year. However something appears to be bothering him.

Daniel is alone in the shop one morning when a mysterious figure with a pronounced limp enters. He spots one of their most precious volumes that is kept locked in a glass cabinet, a beautiful and unique illustrated edition of The Count of Monte Cristo. Despite the fact that the stranger seems to care little for books, he wants to buy this expensive edition. Then, to Daniel's surprise, the man inscribes the book with the words 'To Fermín Romero de Torres, who came back from the dead and who holds the key to the future'. This visit leads back to a story of imprisonment, betrayal and the return of a deadly rival.
Published 20 March 2013
ISBN 9781922079886
Format Paperback
Extent 288pp
AU Price $22.99
NZ Price $30.00

About the author

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964–2020) was the author of eight novels, including the internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed Cemetery of Forgotten Books quartet: The Shadow of the Wind, The Angel's Game, The Prisoner of Heaven and The Labyrinth of the Spirits. His work, which also includes prizewinning young-adult novels, has been translated into more than fifty languages and published across the globe, garnering numerous awards and reaching millions of readers.
portrait photo of Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Also by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

The Shadow of the Wind
The Labyrinth of the Spirits
The City of Mist
Marina
The Watcher in the Shadows
The Angel's Game
The Prince of Mist
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Praise for The Prisoner of Heaven

It will entrance and move you and make you chuckle. You couldn't ask for more

Sunday Age

Richly written, historically fascinating, always entertaining…and slightly mad

West Australian

An unforgettable novel about the forgotten

Adelaide Advertiser

The seductions of narrative, for Zafon, are not unlike the allures of erotic love. He actually succeeds in making bookishness sexy

Weekend Australian

A big, thrilling romp through glorious Barcelona

Courier-Mail

Masterful, meticulous plotting . . . a love letter to literature, intended for readers as passionate about storytelling as its young hero

Who Weekly

Glorious, grandiose fun. It's a haunting, fast-paced thriller with enough twists and turns to hold a Dan Brown fan's attention, enough spookiness to satisfy lovers of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, with grotesques worthy of Dickens and some lovely, evocative writing

Herald on Sunday

Carlos is a natural-born storyteller

Good Reading

Marvellously evocative

Sydney Morning Herald

His enterprise is bold, serious and shocking. His treatment of Spain's tortured history in the 20th century is as significant as his literary skill. These are things that belong not just to one city but to the world

The Times (UK)