If you liked, in disorder, "Black Indies" (Jules Verne), "The Crimson Rivers" (Jean-Christophe Grange), "Mysteries of Paris" (Eugène Sue) or even "The Three Musketeers" ( Alexandre Dumas), then you'll love "The Shadow of the Wind." Gothic novel, black fleece, very black, fantastic story, melodrama, thriller, romance puzzles, all kinds own to make you shudder or cry await you in this story where past and present mingle inextricably throughout fifty years Barcelona great history. Any part of the visit made by a ten year old Daniel Sempere, in the "Cemetery of Forgotten Books", a magical place where you can acquire a free book, but only one, that one must keep all his life and to which it is devoted. We understand from the first page that writing and reading books so will be at the center of history. A rare pen, believed to have belonged to Victor Hugo, will serve as a link between past and present. The rest is Action, suspense, love and perdition ... around a riddle that will be enriched over the memories of the various characters encountered by our budding detective. During the decade that will last its investigation, the reader will walk in a strange Barcelona, the forgotten neighborhoods, heavy with history and mystery. A constant pleasure holds the reader spellbound throughout these 600 and some pages, you do not come out unscathed. From the beautiful, beautiful folk literature, or literature for short those that word scares ...