Brunt Boggart: A Tapestry of Tales - Softcover

David Greygoose

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782692061 ISBN 13: 9781782692065

Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books, 2018

Synopsis

'A rich primordial dreamtime... A wonderful excavation of the story traditions that our ancestors huddled around for warmth' - Alan Moore, author of Watchmen

This is a look like no other: a magical tapestry of folk tales, woven together to build a world that is as strange yet familiar as a half-remembered dream. It is an old world, a world of enchanted corn dollies and wild dances in poppy fields, a world of tricksters, lovers and fools.

Through this world, Greychild must journey in search of his mother: from the village of Brunt Boggart, down the treacherous Pedlar Man's track, all the way to distant Arleccra, a city of treasures and temptation. If you follow him, a part of you will never come back.

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Review:

'Utterly wonderful... In his bones, David Greygoose understands the rhythms of great storytelling' -- Kevin Crossley-Holland, author of The Arthur Trilogy

'In Brunt Boggart, David Greygoose conjures a rich, primordial dreamtime... A wonderful excavation of the story traditions that our ancestors huddled around for warmth, and highly recommended' -- Alan Moore, author of V for Vendetta and Watchmen

'David Greygoose is a master-storyteller... I found myself lost in the wildflower meadows, mossy hollows and wolf pits of Brunt Boggart' --Emily Portman, folk singer

'A skilfully crafted collection of timeless tales... Each as true a tale as ever was told. Just as a great sculptor sees the divine form within the slab of granite, Greygoose has exposed the primal folk-tales which lay buried in us all' -- John Reppion, co-author of Albion

'It tastes fabulously medieval, it smells uncanny, it looks like the roots of half-forgotten herbs, and it sounds like verbs of thunder and earth' --Jay Griffiths, author of Wild: An Elemental Journey

'Conjures a magical, poetic world of tricksters and enchantments in the mossy hollows of an ancient village' -- News from Nowhere Bookshop, Observer

'[A] many faceted, finely crafted and genuinely enjoyable book... a piece of work that can be enjoyed equally by aficionados of fantasy, of folk horror and of fairy tale and folklore' -- Moof Magazine

'David Greygoose delights his readers with 'a tapestry of tales', a collection of interweaving stories of myth and magic' -- The Bay

'A marvellous collection of dream-like stories, all delightfully odd and many distinctly sinister... A book to be savoured' -- Nudge Books

'A fascinating book by a storyteller immersed in the dark folktales of another time' -- Brian Patten

'A strange and beautiful book' -- The School Librarian

'Real storytelling stuff - a bit like coming across a newly-written Odyssey' -- Storyworks

'Brunt Boggart will inspire future generations of writers' -- BBC Radio Northampton

'Folklore and nature collide in Brunt Boggart. Greygoose's inventive language makes these tales a joy to read aloud - in true storyteller style' --Big Issue North

About the Author:

David Greygoose was born near Northampton and now lives on the edge of Liverpool. In 1976 he co-founded The Windows Project which runs writing workshops in schools and community venues. He has published three collections of poetry under the name Dave Ward, and his stories and poems have appeared in over 100 anthologies as well as being broadcast on TV and radio. Brunt Boggart is his first novel and was nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1782692061
• ISBN 13: 9781782692065
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448