Das Spiel des Engels

The Angel's Game reached number 1 on the Spiegel bestseller list and remained on the list for over 40 weeks.

We are in the turbulent decade before the Spanish Civil War, when everything is falling apart. The population of Barcelona is exploding, the city is expanding, Gaudí is creating his cathedral, gangs control entire neighborhoods, and anarchists are setting off their bombs. Young David Martín is making a living as an author of mysterious crime novels and detective stories. Misunderstood as a serious writer, threatened by a deadly illness, and betrayed by the love of his life, his great expectations seem to dissolve into nothing. But one person believes in his talent: the mysterious publisher Andreas Corelli makes him an offer that is both promising and tempting. David cannot resist and has no idea whose spell he is falling under...

With irresistible narrative power, Carlos Ruiz Zafón draws us back to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books: right into a cosmos full of suspense and fantasy, friendship and love, horror and intrigue.