Description
Starting a new job is always stressful (especially when you don't particularly want one), but when Paul Carpenter arrives at the office of J. W. Wells he has no idea what trouble lies in store. Because he is about to discover that the apparently respectable establishment now paying his salary is in fact a front for a deeply sinister organisation that has a mighty peculiar agenda. It seems that half the time his bosses are away with the fairies. But they're not, of course. They're away with the goblins. Mister Tom Holt, Master of the Comic Fantasy Novel, cordially invites you to join him in his world of madness by reading his next hilarious masterpiece.
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About the Author
Tom Holt was born in London in 1961. At Oxford he studied bar billiards, ancient Greek agriculture and the care and feeding of small, temperamental Japanese motorcycle engines. These interests led him, perhaps inevitably, to qualify as a solicitor and emigrate to Somerset, where he specialised in death and taxes for seven years before going straight in 1995. He lives in Chard, Somerset, with his wife and daughter. He also writes as K. J. Parker.
Reviews
'...hugely inventive and highly amusing ...His sharply observed dialogue and the desire to think round corners and u-bends distinguish Holt's books. He has the ability to make the reader laugh out loud and should be treasured' * Computer Crowsnest *
'...hugely inventive and highly amusing ...His sharply observed dialogue and the desire to think round corners and u-bends distinguish Holt's books. He has the ability to make the reader laugh out loud and should be treasured' * Computer Crowsnest *
hugely inventive and highly amusing ...His sharply observed dialogue and the desire to think round corners and u-bends distinguish Holt's books. He has the ability to make the reader laugh out loud and should be treasured. * COMPUTERCROWSNEST *
A definite must for all fans of comic fantasy * ENIGMA *
The jokes are delicious * SFX *
The best similes since Douglas Adams. Buy it for heaven's sake * SFX *
Book Information
ISBN 9781841492087
Author Tom Holt
Format Paperback
Page Count 448
Imprint Orbit
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Series J.W. Wells & Co.
Weight(grams) 320g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm * 28mm
* Samplers available for trade and consumer * Brochure highlighting the new cover style * London Underground advertising * Viral email campaign * Submitted for major trade promotions * Review roundups in the mainstream and genre press * Featured on www.orbitbooks.co.uk and in the e-zine
About the Author
Tom Holt was born in London in 1961. At Oxford he studied bar billiards, ancient Greek agriculture and the care and feeding of small, temperamental Japanese motorcycle engines. These interests led him, perhaps inevitably, to qualify as a solicitor and emigrate to Somerset, where he specialised in death and taxes for seven years before going straight in 1995. He lives in Chard, Somerset, with his wife and daughter. He also writes as K. J. Parker.
Reviews
'...hugely inventive and highly amusing ...His sharply observed dialogue and the desire to think round corners and u-bends distinguish Holt's books. He has the ability to make the reader laugh out loud and should be treasured' * Computer Crowsnest *
'...hugely inventive and highly amusing ...His sharply observed dialogue and the desire to think round corners and u-bends distinguish Holt's books. He has the ability to make the reader laugh out loud and should be treasured' * Computer Crowsnest *
hugely inventive and highly amusing ...His sharply observed dialogue and the desire to think round corners and u-bends distinguish Holt's books. He has the ability to make the reader laugh out loud and should be treasured. * COMPUTERCROWSNEST *
A definite must for all fans of comic fantasy * ENIGMA *
The jokes are delicious * SFX *
The best similes since Douglas Adams. Buy it for heaven's sake * SFX *
Book Information
ISBN 9781841492087
Author Tom Holt
Format Paperback
Page Count 448
Imprint Orbit
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Series J.W. Wells & Co.
Weight(grams) 320g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm * 28mm
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