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Prepare to be swept away to a land unlike any other, with a cast of friends you'll have for life. A charming modern fairytale with crossover appeal, full of 'oddments, wisdom and joy' (Holly Black)
Catherynne M. Valente began September's adventures in instalments on the Web; the project won legions of fans and also the CultureGeek Best Web Fiction of the Decade award. She lives with her husband on an island off the coast of Maine.
A glorious balancing act between modernism and the Victorian Fairy Tale, done with heart and wisdom.An Alice in Wonderland for the 21st century... So effortless, so vivid, so funny. Every page has a phrase or observation to savour and her characters are wondrous creations. - Sunday TelegraphA charming modern fairytale...with a knowing twinkle in its eye - TelegraphBundles of imagination and wry wit... This is a sophisticated world of forfeits, paradoxes and tricks. - Financial TimesA mad, toothsome romp of a fairy tale - full of oddments, whimsy, and joy.If you haven't heard of Catherynne Valente, give it time. She's only 32, and she's writing at a furious pace. Valente brings fathomless inventiveness to her fiction... A book for young adults, rich and strange enough for grown-ups, too.A whole esoteric world of whimsy - Alice meets the Wizard of Oz meets the Persephone story with a whiff of Narnia. - Independent on Sunday...it is in fact one of the most extraordinary works of fantasy for adults or children so far this century. - Time
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