The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag - Softcover

Bradley, Alan

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9780553840896: The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553840894 ISBN 13: 9780553840896

Publisher: Bantam Books, 2014

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Paperback. Pub Date :2011-2-1 Pages: 364 Flavia de Luce. a dangerously smart eleven-year-old Wlth a passion for chemistry and a genius for solving murders. thi nks that her davs of crime-solving in the English bucolic hamlet of BishopS Lacey are over-and then beloved puppeteer RuDert Porson has his own strings sizzled in an unfortunate rendezvzus With electricity. But whod do such a thing. and whoDOes the madwoman who lives in Gibbet Wood know more than she. s letting onWhat about Porsons charming bu t crratie assistantA11 clues point toward a suspicious death vears earlier and a case the local constables cant solve without FlaviaS help . But in getting SO close to whoS secretly Dulling the strings of this dance of death. has our precocious heroine finally gotten in way over her head

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Review:

“Flavia is incisive, cutting and hilarious . . . one of the most remarkable creations in recent literature.”—"USA Today "
“Utterly beguiling . . . wicked wit . . . The real delight here is [Flavia’s] droll voice and the eccentric cast.”—"People" (four stars)
“Bradley takes everything you expect and subverts it, delivering a smart, irreverent, unsappy mystery.” —"Entertainment Weekly"

“A pitch-perfect performance that surpasses an already worthy debut.”—"Houston Chronicle
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“Discovering Alan Bradley’s Flavia de Luce books is several steps beyond pleasure—it’s a sheer delight.”—"Winston-Salem Journal"

“Wickedly funny.”—"The Times-Picayune"

Flavia is incisive, cutting and hilarious . . . one of the most remarkable creations in recent literature. USA Today
Utterly beguiling . . . wicked wit . . . The real delight here is [Flavia s] droll voice and the eccentric cast. People (four stars)
Bradley takes everything you expect and subverts it, delivering a smart, irreverent, unsappy mystery. Entertainment Weekly
A pitch-perfect performance that surpasses an already worthy debut. Houston Chronicle

Discovering Alan Bradley s Flavia de Luce books is several steps beyond pleasure it s a sheer delight. Winston-Salem Journal
Wickedly funny. The Times-Picayune"

"Flavia is incisive, cutting and hilarious . . . one of the most remarkable creations in recent literature."--USA Today

"Utterly beguiling . . . wicked wit . . . The real delight here is [Flavia's] droll voice and the eccentric cast."--People (four stars)

"Bradley takes everything you expect and subverts it, delivering a smart, irreverent, unsappy mystery." --Entertainment Weekly

"A pitch-perfect performance that surpasses an already worthy debut."--Houston Chronicle

"Discovering Alan Bradley's Flavia de Luce books is several steps beyond pleasure--it's a sheer delight."--Winston-Salem Journal

"Wickedly funny."--The Times-Picayune

Book Description:

Murder and puppetry come to the village of Bishop's Lacey...Second novel in the highly acclaimed Flavia de Luce mystery series.

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