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Connolly, John
Connolly, John
Signs The Gates (Atria $24). And John invites those who come for drinks at the Hotel Valley Ho bar after the program.
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Oct 28, 2009 from 07:00 pm |
| Where | PP Scottsdale |
| Contact Name | Lorri Amsden |
| Contact Email | sales@poisonedpen.com |
| Contact Phone | 480 947 2974 |
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Written for anyone over the age of ten, here is the story of a brave and precocious boy who discovers that his neighbors are trying to open the gates of hell, is one of the most wonderful things I’ve read in recent years. It’s quirky and funny and scary and mischievous and the characters pop right off the page. Reading it reminded me of so many books I loved growing up—like Edward Eager’s Half Magic, Roald Dahl’s novels, Lloyd Alexander’s trilogy, The Chronicles of Narnia—as well as contemporary novels like Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard and Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl series.
Connolly is a genius at writing about storytelling and magic whether hardboiled like his Parkers or soft like his brilliant Book of Lost Things ($15). The UK edition is the true first for this.
