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His hand closed round something cold. He drew out a small dark blue jar with a black lid. On a white label was printer, "Vanishing Cream." He stared at these words a long time, trying to grasp their meaning. Inside was thick white cream whose surface was smooth. It had never been used. He poked the tip of his forefinger in. the substance was cold - not the hard, fiery cold of ice, but a round silky, creamy cool. He withdrew his finger and yelped in surprise. His fingertip had gone. Completely vanished. He screwed on the lid and hurried upstairs to his room. He put the jar on a shelf, kicked clothes and toys aside so that he could sit on the floor, with his back against the bed. He needed to think.
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"Exhilarating" (Independent)
"Ian McEwan writes stories of exquisite precision and clarity" (Evening Standard)
"As far-fetched and funny as anything by Roald Dahl" (Vogue)
"Perfectly judged, scary, poignant, meaningful; he makes it look easy, but this is brilliantly achieved" (Guardian)
"These stories are so good, as acute about childhood preoccupations, and at times as disturbing as you would expect" (Harpers & Queen)
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"Ian McEwan writes stories of exquisite precision and clarity" (Evening Standard)
"As far-fetched and funny as anything by Roald Dahl" (Vogue)
"Perfectly judged, scary, poignant, meaningful; he makes it look easy, but this is brilliantly achieved" (Guardian)
"These stories are so good, as acute about childhood preoccupations, and at times as disturbing as you would expect" (Harpers & Queen)
The Daydreamer takes the reader out of reality and into the dream world of 10 year old Peter Fortune
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- PublisherKnopf Canada
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0394281322
- ISBN 13 9780394281322
- BindingPaperback
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The Daydreamer
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Alfred A. Knopf Canada/Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto Ontario Canada
(1995)
ISBN 10: 0394281322
ISBN 13: 9780394281322
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Browne, Anthony (illustrator). 1st Edition. This is the first Canadian edition with illustrations by Anthony Browne. This copy is Fine with very light wear to bottom of spine. Seller Inventory # 565
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