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The Last Dragonslayer: Last Dragonslayer Book 1
Jasper Fforde
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Description for The Last Dragonslayer: Last Dragonslayer Book 1
Paperback. Jasper Fforde's first work for a younger generation of readers: hilarious, offbeat and bewitching, this is the start of a Dragonslayer trilogy Series: Last Dragonslayer. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: YFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
In the good old days, magic was powerful, unregulated by government, and even the largest spell could be woven without filling in magic release form B1-7g. Then the magic started fading away. Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange runs Kazam, an employment agency for soothsayers and sorcerers. But work is drying up. Drain cleaner is cheaper than a spell, and even magic carpets are reduced to pizza delivery. So it's a surprise when the visions start. Not only do they predict the death of the Last Dragon at the hands of a dragonslayer, they ... Read more
In the good old days, magic was powerful, unregulated by government, and even the largest spell could be woven without filling in magic release form B1-7g. Then the magic started fading away. Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange runs Kazam, an employment agency for soothsayers and sorcerers. But work is drying up. Drain cleaner is cheaper than a spell, and even magic carpets are reduced to pizza delivery. So it's a surprise when the visions start. Not only do they predict the death of the Last Dragon at the hands of a dragonslayer, they ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Last Dragonslayer
Condition
New
Weight
248g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444707205
SKU
V9781444707205
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Jasper Fforde
Jasper Fforde traded a varied career in the film industry for staring out of the window and chewing the end of a pencil. He lives and works in Wales and has a passion for aviation.
Reviews for The Last Dragonslayer: Last Dragonslayer Book 1
Every bit as imaginative and unique, comic and engaging as his adult books . . . THE LAST DRAGONSLAYER is a fast, funny, entertaining, feel good read. Fans of Thursday Next will enjoy it whatever their age
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'[Fforde's] ripping yarn of magic in decline mashes up the usual spells-and-beasts motif with a satire on corporate cash and ... Read more
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'[Fforde's] ripping yarn of magic in decline mashes up the usual spells-and-beasts motif with a satire on corporate cash and ... Read more