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A bargain of a lifetime - seven years off the end of his life in exchange for a fortune now!

By day, Mr Fast was a solicitor’s clerk, drawing up strangle-tight agreements and contracts. By night he repaired to his rooms to spy upon his neighbours (for he had no friends) and to dream of being richer than other men. But when old Mr FIshbane offers him what he most desires in return for seven years off the end of his life, he could never imagine the little lost spectre that will come to haunt him . . .

Another remarkable novel from Leon Garfield.



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It is a story, like Leon Garfield, full of darkness, shifting lights and sly humour, not to be forgotten. -- Russell Hoban * The Independent *

The Ghost Downstairs

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      Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
      Publication Date: 10/03/2014
      ISBN13: 9781782950677, 978-1782950677
      ISBN10: 1782950672

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A bargain of a lifetime - seven years off the end of his life in exchange for a fortune now!

      By day, Mr Fast was a solicitor’s clerk, drawing up strangle-tight agreements and contracts. By night he repaired to his rooms to spy upon his neighbours (for he had no friends) and to dream of being richer than other men. But when old Mr FIshbane offers him what he most desires in return for seven years off the end of his life, he could never imagine the little lost spectre that will come to haunt him . . .

      Another remarkable novel from Leon Garfield.



      Trade Review
      It is a story, like Leon Garfield, full of darkness, shifting lights and sly humour, not to be forgotten. -- Russell Hoban * The Independent *

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