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Ruiz Zafon,CarlosSamaraweea,DarrylSandham, FranThe Shadow of the WindHidden in the heart of the old city ofBarcelona is the ‘cemetery of lost books’,a labyrinthine library of obscure andforgotten titles that have long gone outof print. 10-year-old Daniel is allowed tochoose one book from the shelves andpulls out ‘La Sombra del Viento’ by JulianCarax.What begins as a case of literary curiosityturns into a race to find out the truthbehind the life and death of Julian Carax.Vicky Had One Eye OpenThis wonderful first novel from DarrylSamaraweera sees Vicky’s family gatheraround her hospital bed. In a remarkablyconfident literary structure, readersexplore the subterranean emotions andaspirations flowing through the familyand its key members, and absorb theimpressionistic sense of place which rootsthem. Set in London and - in Vicky’s ownimagination - in an idealised Sri Lanka,this is a gorgeous literary experience.TraversaInspired by the great explorers, FranSandham left behind the daily grind ofLondon to undertake an extraordinaryadventure. Traversa is the funny andengaging story of his epic 3,000 mile solowalk across an entire continent, fromNamibia’s Skeleton Coast to the IndianOcean near Zanzibar.70