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Book Reviewed by:Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: Ace Detective, Snappy Dresser, Razor–tongued Wit, Crackerjack Sorcerer, and, Walking, Talking, Fire-throwing Skeleton! It is up to him and Stephanie Edgley, a very unusual and darkly talented twelve-year-old, to save the world.....
Meet Skulduggery Pleasant
Ace Detective
Snappy Dresser
Razor–tongued Wit
Crackerjack Sorcerer
and
Walking, Talking,
Fire-throwing Skeleton
—as well as ally, protector, and mentor of Stephanie Edgley, a very unusual and darkly talented twelve-year-old.
These two alone must defeat an all-consuming ancient evil.
The end of the world?
Over his dead body.
From the moment Skulduggery appears the action heats up and drives the reader relentlessly through the book. While comparisons with Harry Potter seem inevitable, this book has more in common with the Artemis Fowl novels - lots of action, snappy dialog and magic...continued
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Derek Landy lives near Dublin,
Ireland; the setting for
Skulduggery Pleasant, which
is
his first book. After working on
a farm and deciding that life
was not for him, he started
writing for horror movies, two
of which were produced by the
Irish Film Board: Dead Bodies
(2003), and Boy Eats Girl
(2005).
Coming Soon: The second in the Skulduggery Pleasant series,
Playing With Fire (May
2008).
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