{"product_id":"the-amazing-maurice-and-his-educated-rodents-9780552578929","title":"The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*The book that inspired the big-hit new film starring Emilia Clarke, Himesh Patel, David Tennant, Hugh Laurie and Joe Sugg, coming 16th December. Read before you see! With amazing content, from scripts to film art*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEven wizards produce leftovers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut a wizard''s rubbish is laced with magic, and for the rats that forage this rubbish, the magic has \u003ci\u003echanged\u003c\/i\u003e them - they can speak and read, and have rather grand ambitions for a comfortable retirement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhich is perfect for a con-cat like Maurice. He has his own magical talents, and wants to get rich quick. Together with the rats, and young Keith, the ''piper'', they work the towns to create their very own plague of rats - then lure them away for cash.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut in the run-down town Bad Blintz, this little con goes wrong, and suddenly these educated rodents aren''t playing to the piper''s tune . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An astonishing novel'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEthically challenging, beautifully orchestrated, philosophically opposed to the usual plot fixes of fantasy * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eExcruciatingly funny, ferociously intelligent. * Kirkus *\u003cbr\u003eIt never ceases to amaze me the amount of... \u003ci\u003estuff \u003c\/i\u003eone can find in a Terry Pratchett book * The Book Smugglers *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmazing Maurice\u003c\/i\u003e has one of the most satisfying and effective endings in the series! * Reading Bug *\u003cbr\u003eHumour, humour and more humour, an utterly unpredictable plot, interesting rats - err, characters - and a profound denoument, this is \u003ci\u003eDiscworld \u003c\/i\u003eat its best. * Speculation *","brand":"Penguin Random House Children's UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48735264375127,"sku":"9780552578929","price":7.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-amazing-maurice-and-his-educated-rodents-9780552578929","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}