Mr Schnitzel by Stephen Knight
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Mr Schnitzel
Summary
Stefan retells his childhood bedtime stories of the Austrian Navy, featuring Count Otto von Otto, Elfrieda the pirate, and the remarkable Herman the Birdman. As he retells them, another story unfolds, that of Stefan's parents.
Mr Schnitzel Summary
Mr Schnitzel Reviews
'Knight's wit is calculated to charm adult readers... in this book he has produced a delightful and original hybrid: the bedtime autobiography'- Times; 'The novel is unquestionably accomplished, the bedtime stories are charming. The family history is paced and spliced to ultimately moving effect' -TLS; 'The act of re-reading [his] childhood is what Mr Schnitzel is all about; and it is a moving, often comic, heart-rending process'-Guardian
About Stephen Knight
Stephen Knight won the National Poetry Competition in 1992 and is the author of Dream City Cinema which was named as one of the five best collections of poetry in the 1990s by the Guardian. This is his first novel.
Additional information
GOR002822526
9780140287318
0140287310
Mr Schnitzel by Stephen Knight
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
20010726
256
N/A
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