Foulsham: Book Two (The Iremonger Trilogy) - Softcover

Carey, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1468311786 ISBN 13: 9781468311785

Publisher: Amulet Paperbacks, 2015

Synopsis

At the Iremonger family offices in the aptly named borough of Foulsham, London's great repository of filth, Grandfather Umbitt Iremonger has found a way to make objects assume the shapes of people, and how to turn people into objects. Clod, whom he sees as a threat, has been turned into a gold coin and is being passed as currency from hand-to-hand through the town. Meanwhile, Lucy Pennant has been discarded as a clay button, abandoned in the depths of the Heaps. Will they be found and returned to human form? Enter Binadit and Rippit...Meanwhile Umbitt builds an army of animated objects to retrieve the missing gold coin. All around the city, thing―ordinary things―are twitching into life, and the reader is held in breathless suspense as questions of life and death, value and disposability, rumble through this dark and mesmerizing world.

About this title

About the Author:

Edward Carey is the author and illustrator of two novels for adults, Observatory Mansions and Alva and Irva, which was longlisted for the IMPAC Literary Award. The Iremonger Trilogy is his first work for young readers. Born in England, he now lives with his wife, Elizabeth McCracken, and their two children in Austin, Texas, where he wrote the Iremonger Trilogy.

Review:

“Heap House is weird, yes. Spectacularly so.”
- The New York Times Book Review - Praise for HEAP HOUSE

“Heap House―the first in a trilogy set in Victorian England―is a witty, fantastical, sometimes terrifying world, like the best kind of fairy tales. And like many fairy tales, it’s suitable for children as well as adults.”
- Austin American-Statesman - Praise for HEAP HOUSE

“How do I even begin to talk about this exceptional, astonishing book? Reading Heap House I was reminded of Edward Gorey, Lemony Snicket, and Roald Dahl; it's a grimy world with a sepia glow, a Victoriana of malicious clutter. It's an intelligent, thoughtful, compassionate book. It's also gorgeously written. Heap House is, its heart of trash notwithstanding, an absolute treasure.”
- NPR - Praise for HEAP HOUSE

“Whimsically gothic...”
- Los Angeles Times - Praise for HEAP HOUSE

“Foulsham is just as creepy and artful as the trilogy opener, Heap House...Once again, black and white illustrations add to the overall feel of this wonderfully dark and unique novel.”
- Omnivoraious, The Amazon Book Review

“Foulsham is a jaunty sequel to Edward Carey’s delightful Heap House. Carey, who teaches fairy tales at the University of Texas and illustrates his books, knows how to keep the narrative moving. But he also knows how to write interesting, quirky characters who will appeal to adults as well as children.”
- Austin American-Statesman

“The Iremonger books are new kid lit classics... a marvelously creepy, grimy set of books ― Roald Dahl by way of Bleak House-era Charles Dickens.”
- Vox.com

“Deeply suspenseful and refreshingly unique, Carey's second book in the Iremonger series reads well as a stand-alone, but the stage is well set for the continuation of this incredibly engaging read. There are those occasional children's books which seem to pull you in so swiftly and splendidly you barely have a sense of the world around you.  Foulsham is one such book and we found it to be quite mesmerizing and delightful in every way.”
- Children's Literary Classics Assocaition

About this edition

• Publisher: Amulet Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1468311786
• ISBN 13: 9781468311785
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336