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Adult Edition
Neil Gaiman
ISBN: 9780747598626
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition: Adult ed
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WINNER of the 2010 Cilip Carnegie Medal, the Newbery Medal and the Booktrust Teenage Book Prize 2009, and shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award Adult edition of Neil Gaiman's highly anticipated new novel, stunningly illustrated by Gaiman's long-time collaborator, Dave McKean.
When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing his entire family, who would have thought it would find safety and security in the local graveyard? Brought up by the resident ghosts, ghouls and spectres, Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead. But for Bod there is also the danger of the murderer still looking for him - after all, he is the last remaining member of the family. A stunningly original novel deftly constructed over eight chapters, featuring every second year of Bod's life, from babyhood to adolescence. Will Bod survive to be a man?
| ISBN | 0747598622 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | ISBN13 | 9780747598626
(What's this?) | | Pages | 320 | | Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | | Previous ISBN | 9780747596837 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Publication date | 05 Oct 2009 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Illustrator | Dave McKean | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY | 823.914 | |
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'One of the joys of reading Gaiman is how he subverts our expectations of magic, horror, fantasy and the mundane' The Times 'Suspenseful, well-told and touching' The Sunday Times 'A captivating piece of work, light as fresh grave dirt, haunting as the inscription on a tombstone' Financial Times 'If asked to put The Graveyard Book into a genre, I'd have to say: this is a Neil Gaiman book. It's in the Genre of Excellence' Fortean Times  Be the first to write a customer review
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