The Angel’s Game
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon is another exciting mystery thriller in the heart of
Barcelona in the days leading to Spanish Civil War and the dictatorship of
General Franco. Told in three acts, the story follows David Martin, a young
writer who becomes entangled in the mysteries of the underworld and his fight
to break free.
The story opens in 1917, David Martin has led a harsh life.
His mother abandoned him and his father. He is abused at the hands of his
father until his father is brutally murdered in front of him. He writes short stories for the local
newspaper until he is approached to write Gothic novels. He is soon able to
rent a home and he chooses a tower house which no one wants and everyone warns
him against living in. He moves in anyway and he soon meets the mysterious Andreas
Corelli, who commissions a book. His deal is almost too tempting to resist. He soon
receives devastating news that he throws caution to the wind and agrees to
write Corelli’s book. Soon strange events occur and David doesn’t know if he is
going mad or if someone is playing a cruel game. He begins to research the
previous owners of the house and he becomes entangled in a murder mystery which
someone fights hard to keep buried. Will David find his way out? Or will he
become another victim of the mysterious Andreas Corelli?
The Angel’s Game
is a prequel to Zafon’s The Shadow of the
Wind (another awesome book). The
Angel’s Game is thrilling adventure where shadows lurk and alternative
motives are everyone. Like a great Gothic novel, The Angel’s Game answers the main question of the mystery of the
tower house but leaves open the question of who the mysterious Andreas Corelli
is. I like that the author leaves that question to be answered by the reader. I
can’t really say who I think he is without giving too many details. I highly
recommend The Angel’s Game. It will
have you hooked.
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