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The Book of Lost Things Audiobook, by John Connolly Play Audiobook Sample

The Book of Lost Things Audiobook

The Book of Lost Things Audiobook, by John Connolly Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Steven Crossley Publisher: Recorded Books Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 7.33 hours at 1.5x Speed 5.50 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: May 2008 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781436101165

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

34

Longest Chapter Length:

33:26 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

02:32 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

19:24 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

42

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Publisher Description

High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mourns the loss of his mother. He is angry and he is alone, with only the books on his shelf for company

But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness, and as he takes refuge in the myths and fairytales so beloved of his dead mother he finds that the real world and the fantasy world have begun to meld. The Crooked Man has come, with his mocking smile and his enigmatic words: "Welcome, your majesty. All hail the new king."

With echoes of Gregory Maguire's Wicked and C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia, author John Connolly introduces us to a cast of not-quite-familiar characters. Like the seven socialist dwarfs who poison an uninvited and unpleasant princess and try to peg the crime on her stepmother. Or the Loups, the evil human-canine hybrids spawned long ago by the union of a wolf and a seductive girl in a red cloak.

As war rages across Europe, David is violently propelled into a land that is both a construct of his imagination yet frighteningly real, a strange reflection of his own world composed of myths and stories, populated by wolves and worse-than-wolves, and ruled over by a faded king who keeps his secrets in a legendary book, The Book of Lost Things.

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“Despite horrific elements, this tale is never truly frightening, but is consistently entertaining as David learns lessons of bravery, loyalty and honor that all of us should learn.”

— Publishers Weekly

Quotes

  • “A moving fable, brilliantly imagined, about the agony of loss and the pain of young adulthood.”

    — The Times (London)
  • “The Irish thriller-writer breaks new ground with this extravagant fantasy.”

    — Kirkus Reviews

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About John Connolly

John Connolly is a New York Times bestselling author known for his detective Charlie Parker mysteries and supernatural and fantasy novels. His twenty-five novels, nonfiction, and short stories have won the Agatha, Barry, Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony Awards, as well as being finalists for the Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year, H. R. F. Keating Award, and Bram Stoker Award.

About Steven Crossley

Steven Crossley, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, has built a career on both sides of the Atlantic as an actor and audiobook narrator, for which he has won more than a dozen AudioFile Earphones Awards and been a nominee for the prestigious Audie Award. He is a member of the internationally renowned theater company Complicite and has appeared in numerous theater, television, film, and radio dramas.