The Cartographer
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Author: Peter Twohig
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 400
The subject of a hotly contested auction last year, THE CARTOGRAPHER is a brilliant debut novel set in Melbourne in the 1950's. It is for readers who are captivated by the stories of Jonathan Safran Foer, Craig Silvey and Mark Haddon. 'If ... you enjoyed Safran Foer's EXtREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE, you are going to want to read this book' BOOKSELLER + PUBLISHERMelbourne, 1959. An 11-year-old boy witnesses a murder as he spies through the window of a strange house. God, whom he no longer counts as a friend, obviously has a pretty screwed-up sense of humour: just one year before, the boy had looked on helplessly as his twin brother, tom, suffered a violent death. Now, having been seen by the angry murderer, he is a kid on the run. With only a charming but shady grandfather, a professional standover man and a mild-mannered local couple as adult mentors, he takes refuge in the dark drains and grimy tunnels beneath the city, transforming himself into a series of superheroes and creating a rather unreliable map to plot out places where he is unlikely to cross paths with the bogeyman.A bold, captivating and outrageously funny novel about a boy who refuses to give in, and the numerous shifty, dodgy and downright malicious bastards he has to contend with on his grand adventure of loss and discovery, tHE CARtOGRAPHER is an astounding, fresh and unforgettably poignant novel you'd be a mug to miss!Not since the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time has there been such a compelling child narrator. It's an Aussie odyssey in the spirit of Huckleberry Finn and Oliver twist.' - MELBOURNE HERALD SUN
Author: Peter Twohig
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 400
The subject of a hotly contested auction last year, THE CARTOGRAPHER is a brilliant debut novel set in Melbourne in the 1950's. It is for readers who are captivated by the stories of Jonathan Safran Foer, Craig Silvey and Mark Haddon. 'If ... you enjoyed Safran Foer's EXtREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE, you are going to want to read this book' BOOKSELLER + PUBLISHERMelbourne, 1959. An 11-year-old boy witnesses a murder as he spies through the window of a strange house. God, whom he no longer counts as a friend, obviously has a pretty screwed-up sense of humour: just one year before, the boy had looked on helplessly as his twin brother, tom, suffered a violent death. Now, having been seen by the angry murderer, he is a kid on the run. With only a charming but shady grandfather, a professional standover man and a mild-mannered local couple as adult mentors, he takes refuge in the dark drains and grimy tunnels beneath the city, transforming himself into a series of superheroes and creating a rather unreliable map to plot out places where he is unlikely to cross paths with the bogeyman.A bold, captivating and outrageously funny novel about a boy who refuses to give in, and the numerous shifty, dodgy and downright malicious bastards he has to contend with on his grand adventure of loss and discovery, tHE CARtOGRAPHER is an astounding, fresh and unforgettably poignant novel you'd be a mug to miss!Not since the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time has there been such a compelling child narrator. It's an Aussie odyssey in the spirit of Huckleberry Finn and Oliver twist.' - MELBOURNE HERALD SUN
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Peter Twohig
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 400
The subject of a hotly contested auction last year, THE CARTOGRAPHER is a brilliant debut novel set in Melbourne in the 1950's. It is for readers who are captivated by the stories of Jonathan Safran Foer, Craig Silvey and Mark Haddon. 'If ... you enjoyed Safran Foer's EXtREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE, you are going to want to read this book' BOOKSELLER + PUBLISHERMelbourne, 1959. An 11-year-old boy witnesses a murder as he spies through the window of a strange house. God, whom he no longer counts as a friend, obviously has a pretty screwed-up sense of humour: just one year before, the boy had looked on helplessly as his twin brother, tom, suffered a violent death. Now, having been seen by the angry murderer, he is a kid on the run. With only a charming but shady grandfather, a professional standover man and a mild-mannered local couple as adult mentors, he takes refuge in the dark drains and grimy tunnels beneath the city, transforming himself into a series of superheroes and creating a rather unreliable map to plot out places where he is unlikely to cross paths with the bogeyman.A bold, captivating and outrageously funny novel about a boy who refuses to give in, and the numerous shifty, dodgy and downright malicious bastards he has to contend with on his grand adventure of loss and discovery, tHE CARtOGRAPHER is an astounding, fresh and unforgettably poignant novel you'd be a mug to miss!Not since the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time has there been such a compelling child narrator. It's an Aussie odyssey in the spirit of Huckleberry Finn and Oliver twist.' - MELBOURNE HERALD SUN
Author: Peter Twohig
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 400
The subject of a hotly contested auction last year, THE CARTOGRAPHER is a brilliant debut novel set in Melbourne in the 1950's. It is for readers who are captivated by the stories of Jonathan Safran Foer, Craig Silvey and Mark Haddon. 'If ... you enjoyed Safran Foer's EXtREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE, you are going to want to read this book' BOOKSELLER + PUBLISHERMelbourne, 1959. An 11-year-old boy witnesses a murder as he spies through the window of a strange house. God, whom he no longer counts as a friend, obviously has a pretty screwed-up sense of humour: just one year before, the boy had looked on helplessly as his twin brother, tom, suffered a violent death. Now, having been seen by the angry murderer, he is a kid on the run. With only a charming but shady grandfather, a professional standover man and a mild-mannered local couple as adult mentors, he takes refuge in the dark drains and grimy tunnels beneath the city, transforming himself into a series of superheroes and creating a rather unreliable map to plot out places where he is unlikely to cross paths with the bogeyman.A bold, captivating and outrageously funny novel about a boy who refuses to give in, and the numerous shifty, dodgy and downright malicious bastards he has to contend with on his grand adventure of loss and discovery, tHE CARtOGRAPHER is an astounding, fresh and unforgettably poignant novel you'd be a mug to miss!Not since the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time has there been such a compelling child narrator. It's an Aussie odyssey in the spirit of Huckleberry Finn and Oliver twist.' - MELBOURNE HERALD SUN
The Cartographer