'A piece of invention as original as any of Tolkien's or C.S. Lewis's' New Statesman
'I have gone to look for a lion.' In a world where lions have become extinct, the map-maker Jachin-Boaz nevertheless abandons his wife and son to find one, leaving just this note. But his decision has unexpected consequences. He will be pursued by his son, Boaz-Jachin, and by something else: a tawny-skinned, amber-eyed beast from another place and time, a bringer of life and death.
'Magic at work ... Funny as well as beautiful' Irish Times
'Hoban is unclassifiable, thank goodness. His narrative is so minutely and compellingly realistic that after a time you cease to notice that he has stood reality on its head' Sunday Times
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241485712
Number of pages: 192
Weight: 145 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 11 mm
Magic at work ... Funny as well as beautiful. - Irish Times
Amazingly, the mythology is sustained in totally modern terms, desolate, comic and urban. - Time Out
A piece of invention as original as any of Tolkien's or C.S. Lewis's. - New Statesman
Worth rejoicing in ... a banquet of whimsical delights. Each Russell Hoban book is surprising ... but you also know what you're getting, which is curiosity, wonder and a world-encompassing empathy. - John Self, The Guardian
Mr. Hoban is unclassifiable, thank goodness. His narrative is so minutely and compellingly realistic that after a time you cease to notice that he has stood reality on its head. - Sunday Times
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