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Bestselling Spanish Novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafón Dies At 55

Zafón has been called the most-read Spanish author since Cervantes. He wrote young adult fiction, but his adult debut The Shadow of the Wind was a breakout hit, selling millions of copies worldwide.
Novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafon presents his then-new book <em>The Labyrinth of the Spirits</em> at a Barcelona church in 2016.

Carlos Ruiz Zafón was frequently called . His breakout 2001 novel follows Daniel, a young boy in Barcelona just after World War II, whose father takes him to The Cemetery ofAnd as he grows up, he realizes that sinister forces are interested in the book, and in destroying everything ever written by its author.

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