The Bone Magician 骨魔术师
点此进入淘宝搜索页搜索分類: 图书,少儿,少儿原版书,
作者： F.E. Higgins著
出 版 社： 中国科学技术大学出版社
出版时间： 2008-9-1字数：版次： 1页数： 272印刷时间： 2008/09/01开本： 32开印次： 1纸张： 胶版纸I S B N ： 9780312368456包装： 精装内容简介
“This ‘paraquel’--meaning it takes place in the same world, but follows a different thread--to Higgins' excellent Black Book of Secrets (2007) drips with the same lightly fantastical, heavily Dickensian atmosphere…there is still no end of picaresque charms, creepy turns, and beguiling cast members…"--Booklist “In this standalone companion novel to The Black Book of Secrets, British author Higgins deftly balances the exceedingly harsh circumstances with wry humor, sly commentary on class issues, and a protagonist who has enough wisdom to recognize the fact that his optimism is perhaps misguided but who manages to retain it anyway.”--The Bulletin of The Center for Children's Books.
Set in Urbs Umida, where 'merely to be born was considered the first step towards dying', The Bone Magician …is a deliciously dark Gothic thriller-cum-Holmesian-whodunit, the writing so atmospheric that the fumes from the noxious River Foedus, where the murder victims end up, seem to seep off the page and swirl round the reader.—The Telegraph, UK .
Young readers with a taste for the macabre will find it deliciously scary.—The Guardian, UK Praise for The Black Book of Secrets: “The story’s vaguely Dickensian atmosphere is exquisite… a smart, peculiarly thrilling book that is sure to appeal to readers ready to sidestep the goody-goody Harry Potters of adventure fiction.”—Booklist, Starred Review.
“The Black Book of Secrets has it all: danger, adventure, theft, murder, body snatching, poisonings, a touch of humor, and enough mystery to keep you guessing until the very end…An enjoyable story that begs for a sequel.”—PW Children’s Bookshelf, “Galley Talk”.
“Higgins creates a fascinating novel peopled with colorful characters and imbued with clever plot twists …and the novel’s climax is both excellent and surprising.”—Voices of Youth Advocates.
“Wonderful. Anyone looking for the next big thing has come to the right place. Higgins has created a uniquely grim fantasy world that more than holds its own with Dickens or Peake. Her characters are brilliantly realised and the story grabs at the reader with hooked talons.”—Eoin Colfer.
“A fantastic debut …don’t let this book remain a secret!”—John Webb, Waterstone’s Children’s Fiction Buyer .
