The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón - Book Review! The Shadow of the Wind - is a 2001 novel by Spanish writer Carlos Ruiz Zafón and a worldwide bestseller. "Wikipedia" H ello, my beautiful friends! Thanks for coming! Today I am going to talk about The Shadow of the Wind! Choose one book. But be aware, you may get trapped into its pages, as The Shadow of the Wind. A young boy Daniel is taken by his father to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, and He chooses a novel that touches him. The author of that book died in poverty, but now someone is seeking out all remaining copies of his unsuccessful novels to burn. Daniel embarks on a mission to solve the mystery of the author's story being watched by a revengeful cop and the book burner itself. As the story twists and slowly unravels, he doesn't know whose to trust or how it will affect his life. The writing is absolutely gorgeous. The book is full of incredible quotes, beautiful, beautifully strung out se...