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The 13.5 Lives of Captain Bluebear
Walter Moers
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Description for The 13.5 Lives of Captain Bluebear
Paperback. Unlike cats, bluebears have 27 lives, which can be very handy when one considers the manner in which the hero of this story repeatedly manages to avoid death only by a paw's breadth. The story describes Captain Bluebear's first 13 and a half lives. Num Pages: 704 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1022.
A delightfully illustrated cult novel, literary satire and epic adventure.
'Within the first 15 pages I was carried away by the sheer craziness of it all. Some Minipirates find a baby bear with blue fur inside a walnut shell floating on the ocean towards a giant whirlpool. They rescue him and teach him about knots and waves, and that a good white lie is often considerably more exciting than the truth. Then, when he outgrows their ship to such an extent that he is in danger of sinking it, they abandon him on an island with a bottle of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
704
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099285328
SKU
V9780099285328
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-20
About Walter Moers
Walter Moers was born in 1957 and is a writer, cartoonist, painter and sculptor. He is the creator of the comic strips The Little Asshole and Adolf and his novels include The 13.5 Lives of Captain Bluebear, The City of Dreaming Books and The Alchemaster's Apprentice. He lives in Hamburg.
Reviews for The 13.5 Lives of Captain Bluebear
A yarn of drollery, deeper meaning and sheer lunacy
Rolling Stone
Sheer craziness
Daily Telegraph
The most entertaining book in years
Frankfurter Allemeine Zt
Moers' creative mind is like J. K. Rowling on ecstasy
Detroit News
Rolling Stone
Sheer craziness
Daily Telegraph
The most entertaining book in years
Frankfurter Allemeine Zt
Moers' creative mind is like J. K. Rowling on ecstasy
Detroit News