false 55571276 138990 5776287 0297855557 9780297855552 9 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5776287.The_Angel_s_Game 3.26 19 'The whole of Barcelona stretched out at my feet and I wanted to believe that, when I opened those windows each evening, its streets would whisper stories to me...'

In an abandoned mansion at the heart of Barcelona, a young man, David Martin, makes his living by writing sensationalist novels under a pseudonym. The survivor of a troubled childhood, he spends his nights spinning baroque tales about the city's underworld. But perhaps his dark imaginings are not as strange as they seem, for in a locked room deep within the house lie photographs and letters hinting at an unsolved mystery.

Like slow poison, the history of the place and an impossible love bring David close to despair. But then re receives a letter from a reclusive French editor, Andreas Corelli, who makes him the offer of a lifetime. He is to write a book unlike any other - a book with the power to change hearts and minds. In return, he will receive a fortune, perhaps more. But as David begins the work, he realises that there is a connection between this haunting book and the shadows that surround his home.

Set in the turbulent 1920s, The Angel's Game takes us back to the gothic universe of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books and the Sempere & Sons bookshop, in a masterful tale about the magic of books and the darkest corners of the human soul.]]> 815 4.12 23927 5535 2008 0 0 false Sun May 10 09:44:24 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 09:44:29 -0700 2009