John Diamond - Hardcover
Unsettling words from his dying father set twelve-year-old William on a mission to eighteenth-century London where, in the course of searching for his father's mysterious business partner, he encounters an odd assortment of characters, some of whom seem determined to kill him.
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Leon Garfield (1921-1996) was the acclaimed author of more than 30 novels for children and adults, and he scripted Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, which appeared on HBO. His books include including Devil in the Fog, winner of the inaugural Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize in 1967, and The God Beneath the Sea, winner of the 1970 Carnegie Medal.
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"Narrated with the verve and pace of a picaresque novel, ["John Diamond"] combines a cast of remarkable eccentrics with superb sensory descriptions . . . Richly imagined and audacious in its balance of humor and suspense, the book is as absorbing as it is compelling." -"The Horn Book"
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- PublisherKestrel Books
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 072265619X
- ISBN 13 9780722656198
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages180
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