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Lädt ... The Fish That Climbed a Tree (2018. Auflage)von Kevin Ansbro
Werk-InformationenThe Fish That Climbed a Tree von Kevin Ansbro
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Following his savage murder in a London vicarage, Reverend Ulysses Drummond embarks on an epic odyssey in the afterlife, wrestling with his conscience and misguidedly spurning the obvious advantages of a free ticket to Paradise. His ten-year-old son, Henry, is left to muddle through life, encountering school bullies, big-hearted benefactors and cold-blooded killers on his passage to adulthood. Will Henry find love, success and happiness in his life - or will he suffer the cruel and agonising death that was foretold? 'Funny, frightening and touching, this audacious combination of fantasy and real-world evil is a novel like no other. Make sure you don't miss it.' Karen Holmes, editor 2QT Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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If the title of this book doesn’t make you curious, I wonder what would. I kept looking at the title thinking “whatever can this be?” What it is, is a dark comedy, almost a farce, with so many other elements thrown in that it defies an easy classification, and an author with a slightly twisted sense of humor.
I should say that this is not the kind of book I gravitate toward. It has a level of violence that I normally shun and a view of the afterlife that I would classify as more fantasy than magical realism. If this were a favorite genre, I’m betting I would have rated this a full star more than I have.
Kevin Ansbro is a skilled writer and has a comfort with the outrageous that not many could handle well. Someone here compared him to Neil Gaiman, and I can see her point, but for my part, I think you would need to throw a good portion of Stephen King into the mix. Which is to say, Kevin Ansbro is really one of a kind.
This book will not be for everyone, but if you liked both Pulp Fiction and Airplane, you might find it a perfect fit.
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