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PublisherQuercus NA

ISBN-101784297615

ISBN-139781784297619

eBay Product ID (ePID)28050411653

Product Key Features

Book TitleRotherweird

Number of Pages480 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicFantasy / General, Historical

Publication Year2019

IllustratorLaika, Sasha, Yes

GenreFiction

AuthorAndrew Caldecott

Book SeriesRotherweird Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews"Baroque, Byzantine and beautiful--not to mention bold. An enthralling puzzle picture of a book"-- M. R. Carey, author of the best-selling The Girl With All the Gifts, "Intricate...while the focus might be on the oddball inhabitants, Rotherweird is the true heart and soul of the narrative, a character in its own right." -- Publishers Weekly, "A history-tragic-comedy all rolled into one, Rotherweird is intricate and crisp, witty and solemn: a book not unlike other books, but with special and dangerous properties. Line by line, silent and adroit, it opens a series of trap-doors in the reader's imagination."-- Hilary Mantel, two-time Man Booker prize winner and author of Wolf Hall, "One of the most enigmatic books I've ever read...Caldecott's writing style is both atmospheric and tangible." -- Novel Lives, "If J.K. Rowling had given Jasper Fforde permission to document a decade of derring-do in Diagon Alley, the result would read rather like Rotherweird, an appetising if stodgy smorgasbord of full English fiction set in a town unlike any other." -- Tor.com, "A strange, twisting tale of dark magic and horrible experimentation...Caldecott uses parallel storylines and mysterious, absurd twists and turns to entertain, painting a tale of strange stones, a patch of starless sky, tiles that transport to other worlds, and plants with unexpected properties. The characters are vivid and complex and make up the larger character of a town that is coping with a growing menace." -- Booklist, "The Rotherweird trilogy is a sprawling absorbing saga that is breathtaking in conceit and accomplishment. Fans of deeply immersive fiction, such as that created by Neal Stephenson, will love losing themselves in this nightmarish vision of a parochial English town, where everybody has secrets." -- Geek Dad

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal823.92

Edition DescriptionIllustrated edition

Synopsis"Baroque, Byzantine and beautiful--not to mention bold. An enthralling puzzle picture of a book" -- M. R. Carey, author of the best-selling The Girl With All the Gifts "Compelling... the love child of Gormenghast and Hogwarts." -- The Guardian 1558: Twelve children, gifted far beyond their years, are banished by their Tudor queen to the town of Rotherweird. Some say they are the Golden Generation; some say the devil's spawn. But everyone knows they are to be revered--and feared. Four and a half centuries later, cast adrift from the rest of England by Elizabeth I and still bound by its ancient laws, Rotherweird's independence is subject to one disturbing condition: no one, but no one studies the town or its history. Then an Outsider arrives, a man of unparalleled wealth and power, enough to buy the whole of Rotherweird--deeply buried secrets and all...