Hidden at the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the 'Cemetery of Forgotten Books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles. To this library a man brings his ten-year-old son, Daniel, one cold morning in 1945;. Daniel is allowed to choose one book and from the dusty shelves pulls The Shadow of the wind by Julian Carax. But as Daniel grows up, several people seem inordinately, interested in his find. What begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a to find out the truth behind the life and death of Julian Carax and to save those he left behind.

'A triumph of the storyteller's art. I couldn't put it down' Daily Telegraph

Atmospheric, beguiling and thoroughly readable' Observer

Born in Burma but educated in England, James Wilby studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art after Durham University . On graduating he appeared in Another Country in the West End, then films such as Maurice, A Handful of Dust, A Tale of Two Cities, Howards End and most recently, Gosford Park. His most recent television appearance was in ITV's Island At War .