The Elephant Keepers' Children
  • Published: 20 September 2012
  • ISBN: 9781446484708
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

The Elephant Keepers' Children

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20 Sep 2012
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What would you do if your parents were con artists? A delightful picaresque novel from the author of Miss Smilla's Feeling For Snow.

Peter and Tilte are trying to track down two notorious criminals: their parents. They are the pastor and the organist, respectively, of the only church on the tiny island of Finø. Known for fabricating cheap miracles to strengthen their congregation's faith, they have been in trouble before. But this time their children suspect they are up to mischief on a far greater scale.

When Peter and Tilte learn that scientific and religious leaders from around the world are assembling in Copenhagen for a conference, they know their parents are up to something. Peter and Tilte's quest to find them exposes conspiracies, terrorist plots, an angry bishop, a deranged headmaster, two love-struck police officers, a deluded aristocrat and much more along the way.
  • Published: 20 September 2012
  • ISBN: 9781446484708
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400
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About the author

Peter Høeg

Peter Høeg was born in 1957 and followed various callings - dancer, actor, fencer, sailor, mountaineer - before he turned seriously to writing. He published his first novel, The History of Danish Dreams, in 1988, and was called 'the foremost writer of his generation' by Information magazine. His crime novel Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow received universal acclaim and was an international bestseller.

portrait photo of Peter Høeg

Also by Peter Høeg

The Susan Effect
Miss Smilla's Feeling For Snow
The Quiet Girl
The History Of Danish Dreams
Borderliners
Tales Of The Night
The Woman And The Ape
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Praise for The Elephant Keepers' Children

Høeg's sense of humour is wonderful, and his Homeric laughter unfolds over the madhouse that he constructs

Politiken

There is lots of action, humour, satire and spirituality in Peter Høeg's thriller

Kristeligt Dagblad

The Elephant Keepers' Children is, on its own terms, a serene and cheerful and beautifully constructed tale...it has just that extra nudge of extravagant, humorous implausibility which undeniably removes it from realism

Berlingske Tidende

This is a strange, beguiling novel, which combines madcap adventure with reflections on trust, affection and individual spiritual life

Express

A comic, extravagant romp that will leave the reader both bewildered and endeared at once

We Love this Book

Hugely enjoyable…both moving and oddly profound

Harry Ritchie, Daily Mail

Peter Høeg displays a glorious facility for the absurd as well as the picaresque, and the hilarity of Peter Finø's narrative makes this a delightful novel

Sarah Moss, Guardian

A playful exercise in whimsy

Independent on Sunday

Warm and funny

Daily Telegraph
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