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Toby Litt
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Toby Litt was born in 1968. He grew up in Ampthill, Bedfordshire. He was educated in Oxford and East Anglia. From 1990 to 1993 he lived in Prague. He is the author of Adventures in Capitalism. He lives in London.

Books by Toby Litt

The Dead Boy Detectives Omnibus (The Sandman Universe Classics)

Edwin Paine and Charles Rowland are no different than most boys. They love adventure, games, and spending time outdoors. They’re curious about girls, curious about life, and particularly curious when it comes to mysteries. You see, Edwin Paine and Charles Rowland happen to be two of the best detectives in England.

Note that we didn’t say living in England. That’s because Edwin and Charles aren’t living in England. In fact, they’re not living at all.

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Dead Boy Detectives by Toby Litt & Mark Buckingham

From the pages of THE SANDMAN, Neil Gaiman's intrepid dead schoolboys head back to the horror that is St. Hilarions School; the place where they both were murdered.

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