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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781922079152
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2013
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company
Pages: 288
Description:
A gothic tale for readers of all ages from the author of the bestselling The Shadow of the Wind. Barcelona, 1980. Óscar Drai finds himself drawn to an old dilapidated mansion where he meets the captivating and elusive Marina. She leads him to the cemetery to witness a mysterious ritual- on the fourth Sunday of every month, a veiled woman alights from a carriage and lays a single rose on an unmarked grave. Óscar and Marina are swept on a journey into the city's dark underground of labyrinthine sewers, corrupt policemen, ageing aristocrats, forgotten societies and criminal depravity...to a sinister tale of love, ambition and jealousy that will hold Óscar's heart forever.
ISBN: 9781922079152
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2013
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company
Pages: 288
Description:
A gothic tale for readers of all ages from the author of the bestselling The Shadow of the Wind. Barcelona, 1980. Óscar Drai finds himself drawn to an old dilapidated mansion where he meets the captivating and elusive Marina. She leads him to the cemetery to witness a mysterious ritual- on the fourth Sunday of every month, a veiled woman alights from a carriage and lays a single rose on an unmarked grave. Óscar and Marina are swept on a journey into the city's dark underground of labyrinthine sewers, corrupt policemen, ageing aristocrats, forgotten societies and criminal depravity...to a sinister tale of love, ambition and jealousy that will hold Óscar's heart forever.