- Young adult fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Supernatural
As Thaniel, a wych-hunter, and Cathaline, his friend and mentor, try to rid the alleys of London's Old Quarter of the terrible creatures that infest them, their lives become entwined with that of a woman who may be either mad or possessed.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Chris Wooding
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 292
- Publisher
- Orchard Books, Scholastic, Gallimard Jeunesse
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9780439998963
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About Chris Wooding · 1977
Well-traveled London writer.
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