Il falsario e il manichino di cera

brief synopsis: The new cut gang fulfills a hot-chestnut man's dream and takes down a smasher in the process. setting: Lambeth, London named personalities: Samuel 'Sam, Sammy' Dobney aka Thunderbolt - a mild and scholarly youth Harry Fitchett - a boy in Thunderbolt's class Neptune - a king Benny Kaminsky - Leggi tutto

This is a joint review for both books in the New Cut Gang series by Philip Pullman In Thunderbolt's Waxwork we are introduced to the New Cut gang, a rag tag group of mischievous children who want to be detectives. In their first "case" they are determined to track down the person behind a spate of co Leggi tutto

Read in May 2014, Singapore Enid Blyton -ian in its setting, Richmal Crompton -ish in its characters, and with just a whiff of P.G. Wodehouse in its plot, this book, set in 1894, is a beautiful nostalgia trip! My first taste of Philip Pullman, and I'm hungry for more.

Just read the first of these two adventures from the 1890s. I thought they might have been a warm-up for his Sally Lockhart stories – since they’re both set in the Victorian era – but most of those were written BEFORE this. Not as gripping as the Sally L stories, but then it’s comic rather than seri Leggi tutto

Ho un debole per i romanzi per ragazzi, questo in particolare è frizzantissimo e si fa leggere con piacere. Stessa Londra vittoriana della serie di Sally Lockhart ma molto più spensierata e decisamente meno cupa.

Great story for children.

Darn good kid's fiction! Read it as an audiobook from BorrowBox, great nighttime soporific.

Not that great. Simply written.

Definitely good enough to enjoy as an adult. There's no fantasy like His Dark Materials; it was very similar to the Sally Lockhart books.