The House of Mountfathom
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Krátky popis
'THE HOUSE OF MOUNTFATHOM is the kind of book that turned me into a
reader in the first place. It has the same clever interweaving of
history and fantasy that I so admired in Nigel McDowell's previous
books but is also filled with an utterly infectious kind of
delight. The characters are so vivid and the world brims with the
most gorgeous detail. And if this wasn't enough, the language
itself is a pure joy. Nigel McDowell has left an extraordinary
legacy behind, something of the imagination and something of the
soul.' Eimear McBride, multi-award-winning author of A GIRL IS A
HALF-FORMED THING'Lyrical, ominous and utterly original, with a
passionate sense of place and history, THE HOUSE OF MOUNTFATHOM is
one of those books that pushes strange roots down into your mind.'
Frances Hardinge, Costa Award-winning author of THE LIE TREELuke
Mountfathom knows he is special and odd. He is told so by everyone
he knows. His parents are special and odd too - they are the
keepers of the House of Mountfathom, a magnificent stately home
where the wrong door could take you to a far away land, and strange
animals appear to stalk the grounds at midnight. The house is his
home - but it is also the headquarters of the Driochta, a
magic-weaving group of poets, artists, politicians and activists
charged with keeping the peace in Ireland. They have many powers -
have mastered Mirror-Predicting and Smoke-Summoning and
Storm-Breaching - and a final ability: that of Mogrifying, taking
on a unique animal form.But Luke's idyllic existence at Mountfathom
cannot last. Word reaches the House of protests across Ireland.
There is a wish for independence, a rising discontent and scenes of
violence that even the Driochta cannot control. In Dublin, death
and disease is running rife in the tenements, a darkness is
clogging the air, and is intent on staying. And when things quickly
spin out of control for the Driochta, it is up to Luke, his cat
Morrigan and his best friend Killian to worm out the heart of the
evil in their land.
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Hot Key Books ,
Nigel McDowell
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Hot Key Books,
Nigel McDowell
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Slovart
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