In a room above a bizarre German museum, and far from the prying eyes of strangers, lives the Old Man. Caretaker of the museum by day, by night he enjoys the sound of silence, broken by the occasional crunch of a spider between his blackened teeth. Little Hands Clapping brings together the Old Man with the respectable Doctor Ernst Frohlicher, his greedy dog Hans and a cast of grotesque and hilarious townsfolk, all of whose lives are thrown together as the town uncovers a crime so outrageous that it will shock the world. From its sinister opening to its explosive denouement, Little Hands Clapping blends lavishly entertaining storytelling with Rhodes's macabre imagination, entrancing originality and magical touch.
| ISBN | 1847675298 | | Pages | 320 | | ISBN13 | 9781847675293
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 408 | | Publisher | Canongate Books Ltd | | Published in | Edinburgh | | Imprint | Canongate Books Ltd | | Height (mm) | 218 | | Format | Hardback | | Width (mm) | 137 | | Publication date | 04 Feb 2010 | | Spine width (mm) | 28 | | DEWEY | 823.92 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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'Totally sick and brilliant, in all the right ways. He sucks you into his world. I loved it.' Douglas Coupland
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