Archer's Goon - Softcover

Wynne Jones, Diana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0441028926 ISBN 13: 9780441028924

Publisher: Ace Books, 1987

Synopsis

READ BY MIRIAM MARGOLYES
Fact: A Goon is a being who melts into the foreground and sticks there...

When the Goon turns up demanding "Archer’s two thousand", life turns upside-down. As Howard desperately tries to get to the bottom of this peculiar demand, he discovers that the town is run by seven crazy wizards (not all of whom live in the present!) and someone is trying to take over the world!

Exciting, bizarre and truly hilarious! Listening fun for all the family, but key age 8+.

About this title

Review:

“...Her hallmarks include laugh-aloud humour, plenty of magic and imaginative array of alternate worlds. Yet, at the same time, a great seriousness is present in all of her novels, a sense of urgency that links Jones’s most outrageous plots to her readers’ hopes and fears...”
Publishers Weekly

About the Author:

Diana Wynne Jones spent her childhood in Essex and has been writing fantasy novels for children since 1973. With her unique combination of magic, humour and imagination, she has been enthralling children and adults with her work ever since. She won the Guardian Award in 1977 with Charmed Life, was runner-up for the Children’s Book Award in 1981, and was twice runner-up for the Carnegie Medal. She is married with three sons, and lives in Bristol with her husband.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ace Books
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0441028926
• ISBN 13: 9780441028924
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback