Samuel Johnson vs the Darkness Trilogy
The Gates, The Infernals, The Creeps
$35.14
- Paperback
976 pages
- Release Date
12 January 2021
Summary
Bursting with imagination and impossible to put down, these novels – ‘darkly comic’ and ‘delightfully horrific and hilarious’ – from The Sunday Times bestselling author John Connolly, are about the pull between good and evil, physics and fantasy – and a quirky boy who is impossible not to love, and the unlikely cast of characters who give him the strength to stand up to a demonic power.
The Gates: Samuel Johnson’s neighbour Mrs Abernathy is t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529312072 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529312078 |
| Author: | John Connolly |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 976 |
| Release Date: | 12 January 2021 |
| Weight: | 647g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 48mm |
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Praise for THE GATES, HELL’S BELLS and THE CREEPS:
Delightfully horrific and hilarous - Eoin ColferDestined to be another runaway success appealing to both young adults and their parent alike - Sunday IndependentA demonic, darkly comic tale … satisfyingly peppered with science, history and amusing footnotes on everything from St Thomas Aquinas to quantum theory, and will go down well with readers of Eoin Colfer and Lemony Snicket - Daily TelegraphIncredibly enjoyable - FHMFunny and a great read for teens - SunNail-biting books for children - IndependentConnolly’s book is a horror story but, because it’s aimed at a fairly young audience, comedy is never far away - Sunday ExpressAbout The Author
John Connolly
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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