SAMUEL JOHNSON SERIES [THE GATES, HELL'S BELLS, THE CREEPS] [3 Volumes] [Signed]

Connolly, John

ISBN 10: 0340995793 / ISBN 13: 9780340995792

Published by Hodder & Stoughton 2009-2013, London, UK, 2009

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Octavo, 3 Volumes. In Near Fine condition with Near Fine condition dust jackets. Volume 1 has a red spine with a black gate design, and white lettering. Volume 2 has a copper-red reflective spine with white and gold lettering. Volume 3 has a bright orange spine with white and yellow-orange lettering. Only Volumes 2 and 3 have dust jackets, each wrapped in mylar coverings, Volume 2 with a red 'Ask not for whom the bell tolls.' sticker on the front cover, Volume 3 with an orange 'Have a Happy end of the World' sticker on the front cover. Signed flat by John Connolly on title pages, Volume 1 is dated '20/09/09' on title page. CONTENTS: Vol. 1, "The Gates", 264 pages - Vol. 2, "Hell's Bells", 311 pages - Vol. 3, "The Creeps", 313 pages. Shelved in hallway. 1384201. Special Collections.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: SAMUEL JOHNSON SERIES [THE GATES, HELL'S BELLS, THE CREEPS] [3 Volumes] [Signed]
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton 2009-2013, London, UK
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340995793
• ISBN 13: 9780340995792
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First UK Edition, First Printing.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature

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Synopsis

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.