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The City of Dreaming Books
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The City of Dreaming Books

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Following The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear and Rumo & His\nMiraculous Adventures comes a third hilarious and beloved Zamonia\nbook, the most popular yet. It is a fantastic tale for every book\nlover.Optimus Yarnspinner inherits from his godfather an\nunpublished manuscript by an unknown writer and sets off to track\ndown the mysterious author, who disappeared into Bookholm-the\nso-called City of Dreaming Books. Yarnspinner falls under the spell\nof this book-obsessed metropolis, where an avid reader and budding\nauthor can find any number of charming attractions: priceless\nsigned first editions, salivating literary agents, and for-hire\ncritics. But as Yarnspinner pursues the trail of the missing\nauthor, the darker side of Bookholm begins to unveil\nitself-cold-blooded book hunters, cyclopean Fearsome Booklings,\nsharp-toothed Animatomes, and of course, the Shadow King, whose\nhowls rise from deep beneath the city at night. Will Yarnspinner\nsurvive his quest into this world where reading is a genuine\nadventure?

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage
Country
United Kingdom
Date
1 May 2007
Pages
464
ISBN
9780099490579

Following The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear and Rumo & His\nMiraculous Adventures comes a third hilarious and beloved Zamonia\nbook, the most popular yet. It is a fantastic tale for every book\nlover.Optimus Yarnspinner inherits from his godfather an\nunpublished manuscript by an unknown writer and sets off to track\ndown the mysterious author, who disappeared into Bookholm-the\nso-called City of Dreaming Books. Yarnspinner falls under the spell\nof this book-obsessed metropolis, where an avid reader and budding\nauthor can find any number of charming attractions: priceless\nsigned first editions, salivating literary agents, and for-hire\ncritics. But as Yarnspinner pursues the trail of the missing\nauthor, the darker side of Bookholm begins to unveil\nitself-cold-blooded book hunters, cyclopean Fearsome Booklings,\nsharp-toothed Animatomes, and of course, the Shadow King, whose\nhowls rise from deep beneath the city at night. Will Yarnspinner\nsurvive his quest into this world where reading is a genuine\nadventure?

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage
Country
United Kingdom
Date
1 May 2007
Pages
464
ISBN
9780099490579