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Tim Hunter, destined to become Earth's greatest sorcerer, defends the realm of Faerie from the deadly manticore while trying to maintain a normal childhood life. Is his real father the one-armed drunk in the front room or is he the man who can turn into a hawk? Is his mother dead and buried or is she Titania, Queen of Faerie? Plus Death herself weighs in on the subject of identity.
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Contemporary, classical in form, grave and epic.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Neil Gaiman, John Bolton, John Ney Rieber, Peter Gross
- First published
- 1995
- Pages
- 208
- Publisher
- Vertigo/DC Comics, DC Comics, Vertigo
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781563893216
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Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman born Neil Richard Gaiman, 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book. He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie medals. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, The Graveyard Book (2008). In 2013, The Ocean at the End of the Lane was voted Book of the Year in the British National Book Awards.
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