The City Of Dreaming Books
$57.99
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2007
Summary
‘A ‘crossover’ blockbuster about the dark magic of reading’ - Boyd Tonkin, Independent
Optimus Yarnspinner, a young Zamonian writer, inherits very little from his beloved godfather apart from an unpublished short story by an unknown author. This manuscript proves to be such a superb piece of writing that he can’t resist the temptation to investigate the mystery surrounding the author’s identity. The trail takes him to the City of Dreaming Books.
After falling under the spell o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099490579 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099490579 |
| Author: | Walter Moers, John Brownjohn |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2007 |
| Weight: | 565g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 35mm |
| Series: | Vintage Books |
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Critics Review
Moers’ creative mind is like J. K. Rowling’s on Ecstasy
Moers’ creative mind is like J. K. Rowling’s on Ecstasy * Detroit Evening News *
Marvellously fantastical * Sunday Express *
A yarn of drollery, deeper meaning and sheer lunacy * Rolling Stone *
About The Author
Walter Moers
Walter Moers was born in 1957 and is a writer, cartoonist, painter and sculptor. He is the creator of the comic strips The Little Asshole and Adolf and the author of the cult bestseller The 13 1⁄2 Lives of Captain Bluebear and A Wild Ride Through The Night. He lives in Hamburg.
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