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Elidor by Alan Garner

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From the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker and the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize-winning classic, The Owl Service Roland, Helen, Nicholas and David, four Manchester children, are led into Elidor, a twilight world almost destroyed by fear and darkness.

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Elidor by Alan Garner

From the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker and the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Childrens Fiction Prize-winning classic, The Owl Service Roland, Helen, Nicholas and David, four Manchester children, are led into Elidor, a twilight world almost destroyed by fear and darkness.

‘Each detail, ordinary or sinister, establishes atmosphere, background or character exactlyElidor is a remarkable book: intelligent, rich and terrifying.’
TLS

Alan Garner was born and still lives in Cheshire, an area which has had a profound effect on his writing and provided the seed of many ideas worked out in his books.

His fourth book, ‘The Owl Service’ brought Alan Garner to everyone’s attention. It won two important literary prizes – The Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal – and was made into a serial by Granada Television. It has established itself as a classic and Alan Garner as a writer of great distinction.

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ISBN 13 9780007274789
ISBN 10 0007274785
Title Elidor
Author Alan Garner
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 2008-09-01
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.