Heap Hous
The Iremongers have taken up what was not wanted and wanted it.
Clod is an Iremonger. He lives in the Heaps, a vast sea of lost and discarded items collected from all over London. At the centre is Heap House, a puzzle of houses, castles, homes and mysteries reclaimed from the city and built into a living maze of staircases and scurrying rats. The Iremongers are a mean and cruel family, robust and hardworking, but Clod has an illness. He can hear the objects whispering. His birth object, a universal bath plug, says 'James Henry', Cousin Tummis's tap is squeaking 'Hilary Evelyn Ward-Jackson' and something in the attic is shouting 'Robert Burrington' and it sounds angry.
A storm is brewing over Heap House. The Iremongers are growing restless and the whispers are getting louder. When Clod meets Lucy Pennant, a girl newly arrived from the city, everything changes. The secrets that bind Heap House together begin to unravel to reveal a dark truth that threatens to destroy Clod's world.
Review
My favourite novel for children published this year was the marvelously funny and inventive HEAP HOUSE ― The Guardian
Astonishing and inventive, it calls out to be read. -- Nicolette Jones ― The Sunday Times
Dark and wildly original urban fantasy tale. ― The New York Times
This inventive and continually surprising novel evokes a darkly distorted image of Victorian London which is at once frightening, grotesque and often very funny ... a peculiar but superbly-realised fantasy - the first book in what promises to be an excellent trilogy. ― Booktrust - Books We Like
A rare work of individual brilliance. ― Inis magazine
A deliciously macabre trilogy for middle graders and young teens channels Dickens crossed with Lemony Snicket ... in turns witty, sweet, thoughtful and thrilling-but always off-kilter-and penned with gorgeous, loopy prose just this side of precious. ― Kirkus Reviews, starred review
About the Author
He is the author of OBSERVATORY MANSIONS, ALVA & IRVA, THE IREMONGER TRILOGY (HEAP HOUSE, LUNGDON and FOULSHAM), LITTLE and THE SWALLOWED MAN. He always draws the characters he writes about but getting the illustrations and writing to agree with each other takes him far too long.
He has lived in England, France, Romania, Lithuania, Germany, Denmark and the United States. He currently teaches creative writing at the University of Texas in Austin, which is not near the sea.
Follow Edward on Twitter: @EdwardCarey70 or find out more about his books at edwardcareyauthor.com.
Podrobnosti
| Autor |
Edward Carey |
|---|---|
| Vydavatel |
Hot Key Books |
| Jazyk | anglicky |
| Vazba | měkká |
| Počet stran | 416 |
| Formát | 12,9 × 19,8 cm |
| EAN | 9781471401596 |
| Rok vydání | 2014 |
| Edice |
Sci-fi, fantasy, horor Young Adult |
Autor
Edward Carey
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