The Angel's Game, a prequel to The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, revisits the Cemetery of Forgotten Books and Sempere & Sons bookshop in Barcelona. Translated by Lucia Graves and published in 2009 (2008 in Spain), the novel achieved a record-breaking initial print run in Spain with one million copies. The story delves into the life of a young writer in 1920s Barcelona who is offered a tempting but dangerous proposition to write a book for a mysterious and wealthy benefactor. As he delves deeper into the project, he becomes entangled in a web of dark secrets, betrayal, and supernatural forces, blurring the line between reality and illusion, and putting his life at risk.
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2001: The Shadow of the Wind
In 2001, Carlos Ruiz Zafón published The Shadow of the Wind, which The Angel's Game is a prequel to.
July 7, 2009: Ranked Number One
On July 7, 2009, The Angel's Game was ranked number one in Maclean's Magazine's top ten hardcover fiction books. Marley Walker described it as "Zafon's ambitious new historic melodrama."
2009: English Translation Publication
In 2009, The Angel's Game was translated into English by Lucia Graves and published.
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