The Mouse and His Child

The Mouse and His Child

by Russell Hoban
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 20/09/2012

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Funny, thought-provoking and moving, this much loved story is a true classic.

'What are we, Papa?' the toy mouse child asked his father.

'I don't know,' the father answered. 'We must wait and see.'

So begins the story of a tin father and son who dance under a Christmas tree until they break the ancient clockwork rules and are themselves broken. Thrown away, then rescued from a dustbin and repaired by a tramp, they set out on a dangerous quest for a family and a place of their own - the magnificent doll's house, the plush elephant and the tin seal they had once know in the toy shop.

'Hugely funny, provocative, pathetic and heroic.' TLS

'Brilliantly plotted . . . a spellbinder . . . it has a style that glows and crackles.' Spectator

ISBN:
9780571298440
9780571298440
Category:
General fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
20-09-2012
Language:
English
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Russell Hoban

Russell Hoban is the author of many famous novels, including Turtle Diary and Riddley Walker, which won the John W. Campbell Award for science fiction.

He also wrote over 50 children’s books, including such classics as The Mouse and His Child, The Sea-Thing Child and, most recently, Rosie’s Magic Horse and Soonchild.

Born in Pennsylvania in 1925, he moved in 1969 to London, where he lived until his death in 2011.

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