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- Published: 29 July 2011
- ISBN: 9781446480007
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 496
The Amulet Of Samarkand
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- Published: 29 July 2011
- ISBN: 9781446480007
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 496
Drama, humour and hypnotically engaging storytelling
Independent
Not since Gulliver's Travels has a children's writer managed to combine a thrilling tale of magic and adventure with such deliciously pointed comedy
The Times
Terrific stuff
Mail on Sunday
The narrative slips skilfully from first person to third and back and Bartimaeus's voice is laugh-out-loud sassy, while Nathaniel's story has an engaging poignancy as he tries to prove himself in a world in which he has always been despised
The Sunday Times
The truly original touch is the way Stroud alternates Nathaniel's story with the djinni's own knowing and irascible first-person narrative
Guardian