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Description for The Daydreamer
paperback. Peter Fortune is a boy who likes to daydream. He dreams about swapping bodies with his cat and with his baby cousin, but he gets so lost he's unsure where one fantasy finishes and the next begins. Cartwheeling through these transformations, Peter eventually finds himself in an adult body experiencing the adventure of falling in love. Num Pages: 144 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AK; YFB. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 144. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Peter Fortune is a boy who likes to daydream. He dreams about swapping bodies with his cat and with his baby cousin, but he gets so lost he's unsure where one fantasy finishes and the next begins. Cartwheeling through these transformations, Peter eventually finds himself in an adult body experiencing the adventure of falling in love.
'As far-fetched and funny as anything by Roald Dahl' Vogue
'Perfectly judged, scary, poignant, meaningful; he makes it look easy, but this is brilliantly achieved' Guardian
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
RANDOM HOUSE
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099590613
SKU
KMK0022137
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On ... Read more
Reviews for The Daydreamer
Exhilarating
Independent
Ian McEwan writes stories of exquisite precision and clarity
Evening Standard
As far-fetched and funny as anything by Roald Dahl
Vogue
Perfectly judged, scary, poignant, meaningful; he makes it look easy, but this is brilliantly achieved
Guardian
These stories are so good, as acute about childhood preoccupations, and at times ... Read more
Independent
Ian McEwan writes stories of exquisite precision and clarity
Evening Standard
As far-fetched and funny as anything by Roald Dahl
Vogue
Perfectly judged, scary, poignant, meaningful; he makes it look easy, but this is brilliantly achieved
Guardian
These stories are so good, as acute about childhood preoccupations, and at times ... Read more