Spoonbenders

Gregory, Daryl

ISBN 10: 1786482754 / ISBN 13: 9781786482754

Published by riverrun, London, 2017

About this Item

A First Edition First Impression Exclusive Limited Edition signed by Daryl Gregory and numbered (46/100). Signed and numbered on the Title Page. The book is in 'as new' condition as is the dust jacket. A quote from Christopher Farnsworth on the dust jacket reads 'Spoonbenders is brilliant. With the Telemachus clan, Daryl Gregory has created a family which is part J.D.Salinger and part David Foster Wallace' The buyer will receive this Mylar protected book carefully bubble wrapped in a strong professional book posting box.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Spoonbenders
• Publisher: riverrun, London
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1786482754
• ISBN 13: 9781786482754
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Meet Matthias Telemachus, Teddy Telemachus, Maureen Telemachus, Irene Telemachus, Frankie Telemachus and Buddy Telemachus! They were the Amazing Telemachus Family, who in the mid-1970s achieved widespread fame for their magic and mind reading act. That is, until the magic decided to disappear one night, live on national television. We encounter this long-forgotten family two decades on, when grandson Matty, born long after the public fall from grace, discovers powers in himself and realises his hugely deflated, heavily indebted family truly are amazing. Spoonbenders is the legacy and legend of a dysfunctional, normal, entirely unique family across three generations of big personalities and socially inept recluses - each cursed with the potential of being something special.

Review

An Amazon Best Book of July 2017: Nimble, playful and a little bit mischievous, Spoonbenders is a novel full of loveable eccentric characters trying to prove their worth to their family, the mafia, the government and to talk show hosts. The trick is, they’re a bit extraordinary. Sure, grandpa might only be a con man with fast hands, but his daughter detects lies, his son can predict the future, and his deceased wife was a real psychic and his grandson might be too. Over the span of decades, Daryl Gregory weaves a story of the birth of the “Amazing Telemachus Family,” their rise to international acclaim, their tragic demise and their chance at redemption a generation later. Heroic, comic and grounded in the intricate details of storytelling, Spoonbenders spins a genial family saga into a story of adventure, soviet intrigue and shady cover-ups. --Al Woodworth