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Hellbent
Anthony McGowan
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Description for Hellbent
Paperback. Sent to Hell for teenage misdemeanours, Conor is surprised to find that it's not all pitchforks and leaping flames. Then Conor realizes that his personal version of Hell might be someone else's idea of Heaven - and vice versa. Accompanied by his repulsive pet dog and other characters, he sets out on a journey to search for his opposite number. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 5AN; YFH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Anthony McGowan is the Carnegie Medal 2020 winning author of Lark.
Sent to Hell for typical teenage misdemeanours, Conor is surprised to find that it's not all pitchforks and leaping flames. But an eternity in a fusty cave full of philosophy books and obscure classical music is actually worse.
Then Conor realizes that his personal version of Hell might be someone else's idea of Heaven - and vice versa. He sets out on a filthy, funny and forbidden journey to search for his opposite number, accompanied by his repulsive pet dog, a depressed cross-dressing Viking and a stumpy devil called ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Random House Children´s UK United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099482130
SKU
V9780099482130
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About Anthony McGowan
Anthony McGowan was born in Manchester in 1965. Educated at a Catholic comprehensive, some of his school experiences inform his writing now. Before turning to writing full time, Anthony has worked as a nightclub bouncer, an Open University philosophy tutor, a cinema critic and a speechwriter in the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. He had his first novel for ... Read more
Reviews for Hellbent
Anthony McGowan made a hilarious debut with Hellbent, a modern take on Dante which manages to mix existentialist and determinist philosophy with quite surprising amounts of poo
Anthony Horowitz
Sunday Telegraph
A wisecracking helterskelter . . . Real boys' stuff . . . but watch out for a twist in the novel's devilish tail
Hepzibah Anderson ... Read more
Anthony Horowitz
Sunday Telegraph
A wisecracking helterskelter . . . Real boys' stuff . . . but watch out for a twist in the novel's devilish tail
Hepzibah Anderson ... Read more