The Prisoner of Heaven (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #3) (P.S.)

by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

The third in the cycle of novels that began with THE SHADOW OF THE WIND and THE ANGEL'S GAME. THE PRISONER OF HEAVEN returns to the world of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books and the Sempere & Sons bookshop. 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 Fermin 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.

• ISBN10: 0062206281
• ISBN13: 9780062206282
• Publish Date: 10 July 2012 (first published 21 June 2012)
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint: Collins
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 288
• Language: English

Reviews

[elvinagb]

Once again Carlos Ruiz Zafon takes us on a gothic, dark, mysterious journey like he did in Shadow of the Wind and The Angel's Game. A mysterious strangers enters Sempere's book shop and leaves a message for Fermin Romero de Torres that takes the story back to a notorious prison in Barcelona in 1940.
The translation by Lucia Graves is well done and brings the story to life.