Lungdon (Iremonger 3): from the author of The Times Book of the Year Little (Iremonger Trilogy) - Softcover

Carey, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1471401677 ISBN 13: 9781471401671

Publisher: Hot Key Books, 2016

Synopsis

'Roald Dahl by way of Charles Dickens' - Vox.com

The ghastly climax to the gothic Iremonger trilogy

The dirt town of Foulsham has been destroyed, its ashes still smoldering. Darkness lies heavily over the city, the sun has not come up for days. Inside the houses throughout the capital, ordinary objects have begun to move. Strange new people run through the darkened streets. There are rumours of a terrible contagion. From the richest mansion to the poorest slum people have disappeared. The police have been instructed to carry arms. And rats, there are rats everywhere.
Someone has stolen a certain plug.
Someone is lighting a certain box of matches.
All will come tumbling down.

The Iremongers have come to London.

About this title

Review:

Edward Carey's HEAP HOUSE - delightful, eccentric, heartfelt, surprising, philosophical, everything that a novel for children should be. (Eleanor Catton, winner of the Man Booker Prize)

Astonishing and inventive, it calls out to be read. (The Sunday Times)

Dark and wildly original urban fantasy tale. (New York Times)

From the Author:

Edward Carey is a playwright, novelist and illustrator. He has worked for the theatre in London, Lithuania and Romania and with a shadow puppet master in Malaysia. He has written two illustrated novels for adults - OBSERVATORY MANSIONS and ALVA AND IRVA - and both have been translated into many different languages. He lives in Austin, Texas, where he wrote the Iremonger Trilogy because he missed feeling cold and gloomy. Follow Edward on Twitter: @EdwardCarey70 or find out more about his books at edwardcareyauthor.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hot Key Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1471401677
• ISBN 13: 9781471401671
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512