Description
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 also point to Jennifer, and say something is coming. Big Magic . . .
Jasper Fforde's first work for a younger generation of readers: hilarious, offbeat and bewitching, this is the start of a Dragonslayer trilogy
About the Author
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
'True literary comic genius' * Sunday Express *
'This is Fforde's first book for children and as ever he is terrifically inventive and this is full of fun' * Daily Telegraph *
'Jasper Fforde has one of those effervescent imaginations that never throws in one joke when he can fit in two or three . . . he created his mad but logical parallel version of the Welsh marches with loving detail' * Independent *
'This is Fforde's first book for children and as ever he is terrifically inventive and this is full of fun' * Daily Telegraph *
'Jasper Fforde has one of those effervescent imaginations that never throws in one joke when he can fit in two or three . . . he created his mad but logical parallel version of the Welsh marches with loving detail' * Independent *
'This is a lively, witty and entertaining tale for older children who still like making silly faces.' * Philip Womack, Literary Review *
'Highly recommended. Very funny' * Independent *
'[Fforde's] ripping yarn of magic in decline mashes up the usual spells-and-beasts motif with a satire on corporate cash and tabloid values.' * i *
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 * www.fantasynibbles.com *
Book Information
ISBN 9781444707205
Author Jasper Fforde
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Hodder & Stoughton
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Series The Last Dragonslayer Chronicles
Weight(grams) 252g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 22mm
