The Ring

The Ring by Bernard Smith, this is the second book I've read.

The story starts when the narrator (he was still a 12-year-old boy at that time) met a mad guy on the beach. The dirty mad guy was called Rafael. There was something on a fishing line round his neck, and it was a fish-shaped gold ring. Obviously, this ring is the key item of this story.
12 years passed since then, the narrator became a doctor and he got a chance to see Rafael again. Although, Rafael got 12 years older as well. He was very thin and looked ill.
Actually Rafael used to be a good-looking fine boy, of course he was not crazy at all. Also there was a beautiul girl called Anita in his village, and he fell in love with her. However, one day, he went completely mad. That's when Anita disappeared too.

Did he go mad just because a girl who he loved disappeared?
..There must be other reasons to make a healthy young man go crazy, don't you think?

You should read the book if you want to know what really happened to Rafael.

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I chose this book for no reason, but it was such an interesting story. I couldn't stop reading since I was very curious to know what happened. It's a bit sad at the end though.. Anyway, I really enjoyed reading this :)