Philip Noble is an eleven-year-old in crisis. His pub landlord father has died in a road accident, and his mother is succumbing to the greasy charms of her dead husband's brother, Uncle Alan. The remaining certainties of Philip's life crumble away when his father's ghost appears in the pub and declares Uncle Alan murdered him.Arming himself with weapons from the school chemistry cupboard, Philip vows to carry out the ghost's relentless demands for revenge. But will Leah, the gorgeous daughter of Uncle Alan's God-fearing business partner, Mr Fairview, prove too much of a distraction? And can the words of a ghost be trusted any more than the lies of the living? Philip makes his decision and when the moment comes to act, he finds himself hurtling towards disaster.Just as Matt Haig's acclaimed and bestselling first novel, The Last Family in England, was a brilliant reworking of Henry IV Part 1, with dogs in the major roles, so The Dead Fathers Club gives more than a nod towards Hamlet. Hilariously funny, it is full of poignant insights into the strange workings of the world seen through the eyes of a child.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Jonathan Cape (Random)
ISBN: 9780224076135
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 320
Tiempo de lectura:
6h 35m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 12/05/2006
Año de edición: 2006
Plaza de edición: London
Alto: 22.0 cm
Ancho: 14.0 cm
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Matt Haig
MATT HAIG escriu tant ficció com no-ficció. Això inclou les novel·les Els humans, Com aturar el temps i La Biblioteca de la Mitjanit (de propera publicació a Empúries), que ha estat un best-seller mundial amb més de deu milions d’exemplars venuts. També ha escrit llibres per a nens i nenes, entre els quals Un noi anomenat Nadal, que es va adaptar al cinema i, més recentment, el llibre de no-ficció per a adults The Comfort Book.