"What we'd really need is someone very special, half detective, half poet, [or] be afraid to tackle the impossible." What do they need this person to do?
Find the book orders for the shop (page 81)
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Where did Julian Carax work in Paris when he wasn't writing?
As a pianist in a hostess bar
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What is Fermin's real name according to the newspaper headline regarding his alleged murder of Nuria?
Antonio Jose Gutierrez Alcayete
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"Ours will be a brand-new Pygmalion" he announced. "You shall be my Eliza and I'll be your Professor Higgins." Who said it?
Barcelo (to Bernarda) (page 43)
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Who has seven cats and two cockatoos?
Barcelo and Clara
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What famous author is suggested to be a "large, hairy lady of letters from Toledo" according to a conversation with Barcelo?
Don Miguel de Cervantes (page 16)
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"Remember the Minotaur" Who said it and why?
Isaac (to Daniel) as a reference to the Minotaur's labyrinth. Daniel needed to hide his book somewhere only he could find it by tracing his steps.
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Who was Lain Coubert in Carax's book?
The devil
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What candy is constantly referenced throughout the novel?
Sugus candy
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What is the "praying mantis paradigm"?
Fermin: "misogynistic fantasies for constipated office clerks, pious women shriveled in boredom who dream about turning to a life of unbridled lechery" (91)
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What book does Bea take from the Cemetery of Forgotten Books?
Tess of the d'Urbervilles (page 182)
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Where did Fermin get his name from?
A bullfighter poster he saw
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How old is Daniel when he first goes to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books?