In the Lives of Puppets
A No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller and ultimate cosy adventure
$22.15
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
12 March 2024
Summary
From New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, In the Lives of Puppets is a queer retelling of the Pinocchio tale, inviting you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts.
‘A deeply stirring journey through a world of extraordinary robots’ - Chuck Tingle, Hugo-shortlisted author of Camp Damascus
In a small home, built into the branches of a tree, live a human named Victor and three robots…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529088045 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529088046 |
| Author: | TJ Klune |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Tor |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 12 March 2024 |
| Weight: | 330g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 29mm |
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Critics Review
Glorious, a thoroughly entertaining and deeply stirring journey through a world of extraordinary robots. The characters here are so vibrant, and the story proves that love stretches well beyond the world of humans – Chuck Tingle, author of Camp Damascus
TJ Klune has created an enchanting tale of Pinocchio in the end times, offering up hard truths alongside humor, kindness, love and, most important, hope – P. Djèlí Clark, author of A Master of Djinn
I dare say I am yet to read more humane robots than I’ve encountered in In the Lives of Puppets … One can’t help but fall in love with this book – T. L. Huchu, author of The Library of the Dead
Readers who loved Klune’s previous works will find plenty of the author’s trademark charm, heart, and bittersweet – Library Journal, Starred Review
A wholly charming post-robot-apocalypse retelling of Pinocchio. Speculative fiction readers will fall in love with this whimsical, bittersweet fable – Shelf Awareness, Starred Review
About The Author
TJ Klune
TJ Klune is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of Under the Whispering Door, The House in the Cerulean Sea, The Extraordinaries, Wolfsong and more. Being queer himself, TJ believes it’s important - now more than ever - to have accurate, positive, queer representation in stories.
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