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The Murdstone Trilogy
The Murdstone Trilogy | Mal Peet
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Award-winning YA author Philip Murdstone is in trouble. His star has waned. The world is leaving him behind. His agent, the ruthless Minerva Cinch, convinces him that his only hope is to write a sword-and-sorcery blockbuster. Unfortunately, Philip—allergic to the faintest trace of Tolkien—is utterly unsuited to the task. In a dark hour, a dwarfish stranger comes to his rescue. But the deal he makes with Pocket Wellfair turns out to have Faustian consequences. The Murdstone Trilogy is a richly dark comedy described by one U.K. reviewer as "totally insane in the best way possible."
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CarolynM
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#12BooksOf2020

I think this was the funniest book I read this year, but it was also pretty dark. I loved it.

Andrew65 Sounds great. 4y
Tattooedteacher This sounds really interesting. 4y
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Wonderfully funny skewering of both the fantasy genre and the publishing industry. Think a blend of Pratchett and Gaiman with a smattering of St Aubyn and Jasper Fforde. Great fun.

CarolynM I loved this one. 4y
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CarolynM
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This is a fantasy novel for people (like me) who scoff at serious fantasy novels - a hilarious satire on the genre and, in fact, on the entire publishing industry. It's published as a YA novel, but there's nothing YA about it. I loved it. #bookspinbonanza book number 8

TheAromaofBooks Sounds fun!! And awesome Bonanza progress!!! 4y
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Just a little sample of the Murdstone Trilogy....

And his Agent's description of the genre is even better, but too long to get in a photo!

CarolynM I've just started on this book and had a good laugh at the passage you've quoted. I nearly posted it myself! Have you read any of Mal Peet's other books? I've read a couple and really enjoyed them. 4y
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Verity
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Reading this and chuckling on the train this morning. I haven't read a lot of wizard and goblin epics, but I know enough to appreciate this!

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Verity
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I immediately thought of my Other Half as I read this. Him Indoors has an unaccountable dislike of Mexican food and this description is tailor made to appeal to him.

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I'm only 20 pages in and I've already laughed out loud 3 times, including at this section. I'm optimistic...

Lindy Mal Peet! You've just given me a little heart pang because he won't be writing any more. 💔 8y
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Funny book, but dark, very dark. I'm glad I didn't stay up too late to finish it!

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Finished!!!

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greenebeane
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"The sun sinks, leaving tatty furbelows of crimson cloud in the Dartmoor sky."

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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"Philip Murdstone sat considering the phrase 'depths of despair'. It's plural implied the there were, even now, levels of it that he had yet to experience."

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