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He finds himself in a subterranean world where reading books can be genuinely dangerous, where ruthless Bookhunters fight to the death for literary gems and the mysterious Shadow King rules a murky realm populated by Booklings, one-eyed beings whose vast library includes live books equipped with teeth and claws.

Trade Review
Moers' creative mind is like J. K. Rowling's on Ecstasy * Detroit Evening News *
Marvellously fantastical * Sunday Express *
A yarn of drollery, deeper meaning and sheer lunacy * Rolling Stone *

The City of Dreaming Books

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A Paperback / softback by Walter Moers, John Brownjohn

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    Publisher: Vintage Publishing
    Publication Date: 01/03/2007
    ISBN13: 9780099490579, 978-0099490579
    ISBN10: 0099490579

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    He finds himself in a subterranean world where reading books can be genuinely dangerous, where ruthless Bookhunters fight to the death for literary gems and the mysterious Shadow King rules a murky realm populated by Booklings, one-eyed beings whose vast library includes live books equipped with teeth and claws.

    Trade Review
    Moers' creative mind is like J. K. Rowling's on Ecstasy * Detroit Evening News *
    Marvellously fantastical * Sunday Express *
    A yarn of drollery, deeper meaning and sheer lunacy * Rolling Stone *

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