Book Review: Prey for the Shadow by Javier Cercas

Picked up by chance in Barcelona Sometimes the best books come from detours. This summer I was traveling through Spain with friends, and my flight from Madrid was suddenly cancelled. The next available one was three days later, so instead of waiting, we decided to make the most of it — a spontaneous trip to Barcelona, one of my favorite cities to get lost in. Somewhere between the cafés and the sea breeze, I walked into a local library determined to pick just one book for the trip. I narrowed it down to Julian Barnes and Javier Cercas — and since Prey for the Shadow is set in Barcelona, I decided to stay local. Cercas it was. A change in pace Coming from the sharp, fast-paced world of David Baldacci, reading Cercas was like stepping into another time zone...

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