The Gates: A Samuel Johnson Adventure: signed and doodled by John Connolly

John Connolly

ISBN 10: 0340995793 ISBN 13: 9780340995792

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 2009

Language: English

Condition: Used - Very good Hardcover

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1st UK edition 1st printing and signed to the title page without inscription by author but with a smiley face doodle. Book appears good.No dustjacket - printed boards have shelfwear and rubbing to top and bottom of spine and all corners. Text block has light tanning to top and some light marking to middle. Still a collectable copy. Thanks for looking and please check out my other signed books on Abe.

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Title

The Gates: A Samuel Johnson Adventure: signed and doodled by John Connolly

Publisher

Hodder & Stoughton

Publication Date

2009

Language

English

ISBN 10

0340995793

ISBN 13

9780340995792

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

No Jacket

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A strange novel for strange young people.

Young Samuel Johnson and his dachshund Boswell are trying to show initiative by trick-or-treating a full three days before Hallowe'en. Which is how they come to witness strange goings-on at 666 Crowley Avenue.

The Abernathys don't mean any harm by their flirtation with Satanism. But it just happens to coincide with a malfunction in the Large Hadron Collider that creates a gap in the universe. A gap in which there is a pair of enormous gates. The gates to Hell. And there are some pretty terrifying beings just itching to get out . . .

Can Samuel persuade anyone to take this seriously? Can he harness the power of science to save the world as we know it?

About the Author

John Connolly is author of the Charlie Parker mysteries, The Book of Lost Things, the Samuel Johnson novels for young adults and, with his partner, Jennifer Ridyard, co-author of the Chronicles of the Invaders. John Connolly's debut - EVERY DEAD THING - introduced the character of Private Investigator Charlie Parker, and swiftly launched him right into the front rank of thriller writers. All his subsequent novels have been Sunday Times bestsellers. He was the winner of the 2016 CWA Short Story Dagger for On the Anatomization of an Unknown Man (1637) by Frans Mier from NIGHT MUSIC: Nocturnes Vol 2.

In 2007 he was awarded the Irish Post Award for Literature. He was the first non-American writer to win the US Shamus award and the first Irish writer to win an Edgar award. BOOKS TO DIE FOR, which he edited with Declan Burke, was the winner of the 2013 Anthony, Agatha and Macavity awards for Best Non-Fiction work.

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