The Book of Lost Things Illustrated Edition

by John Connolly (Author)

Product details

Paperback: 496 pages

Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks; Illustrated edition edition (6 April 2017)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1473659140

ISBN-13: 978-1473659148

Product Dimensions:12.9 x 3 x 19.8 cm

Product description

'A brilliantly creepy coming of age novel'Daily Mirror

'A moving fable, brilliantly imagined, about the agony of loss and the pain of young adulthood'The Times

'This is no saccharine fairytale, but an eerie fable that's perfect for long winter nights'Daily Mail

This illustrated edition includes two new short stories -Cinderella, A VersionandThe Rat King, the latter introducing the Crooked Man who is central to the world ofThe Book of Lost Things - and an afterword from the author.

'Once upon a time, there was a boy who lost his mother . . .' As twelve-year-old David takes refuge from his grief in the myths and fairytales so beloved of his dead mother, he finds the real world and the fantasy world begin to blend. That is when bad things start to happen. That is when the Crooked Man comes. And David is violently propelled into a land populated by heroes, wolves and monsters in his quest to find the legendary Book of Lost Things.

Review

Brilliantly creepy coming of age novel. (Mirror)

Here Connolly steps directly into the enchanted forest, and the journey along its twisting path is as sinister and unsettling as anything invented by the Brothers Grimm . . . Connolly's control of this material is superb; tension, terror and gallows humour make the book a gripping read. But this allegorical coming-of-age story also cleverly shows the way that traditional stories have been used to reflect the sometimes harsh concerns of our world. (Eithne FarryDaily Mail)

This is no saccharine fairytale, but an eerie fable that's perfect for long winter nights (Daily Mail)

What gives THE BOOK OF LOST THINGS such a chilling edge is the way the real and illusory worlds sit so comfortably together . . . and the most wicked of the wicked, who goes by the name of The Crooked Man, at times possesses the kind of guile and plausibility of which modern-day politicians would be proud . . . Even if you aren't normally drawn to stories in which the imagination is given such a free rein, there is something tender, something strangely moving about David's experience of the land called Elsewhere. (Daily Express)

Book Description

Illustrated edition, with two new short stories -Cinderella, A Version andThe Rat King, the latter introducing the Crooked Man who is central to the world of The Book of Lost Things - and an afterword from the author.