A brilliant gothic romp involving family feuds, web-surfing and a touch of magic.
Debi Gliori is the author and illustrator of many books for
children, including the very popular Mr Bear series. She won the
Children's Book Award picture book section, and was shortlisted for
the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1997. Her backlist in Doubleday/Corgi
includes Tell Me Something Happy Before I Go to Sleep and The Very
Small. Pure Dead Magic, which introduced the Strega-Borgias, was
her first novel. It was followed by Pure Dead Wicked, Pure Dead
Brilliant, Deep Trouble, Deep Water and Deep Fear.
Debi lives in Scotland, near Edinburgh.
Debi Gliori's first novel is an unbridled fantasy with elements of
the Addams family, a hint of Gormenghast and overtones of the
mafia, together with computer technology and some parody, all
blended into a heavy brew that is laugh-out-loud funny
*The Bookseller*
It's a gallimaufry of ghastly, giggly stuff
*Financial Times*
Fluent and energetic
*The Sunday Times*
Features one of the most eccentric families in children's fiction .
. . A rollicking red, which rapidly draws the reader into its
strange and gothic world
*Waterstones Books Quarterly*
Wonderful stuff
*Daily Telegraph*
"Gliori's debut novel follows events after a 10-year-old waves her mother's magic wand and loses her baby sister in the modem, merging traditional fantasy with high technology," PW said. Ages 10-up. (Aug.) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
Debi Gliori's first novel is an unbridled fantasy with elements of
the Addams family, a hint of Gormenghast and overtones of the
mafia, together with computer technology and some parody, all
blended into a heavy brew that is laugh-out-loud funny * The
Bookseller *
It's a gallimaufry of ghastly, giggly stuff * Financial Times *
Fluent and energetic * The Sunday Times *
Features one of the most eccentric families in children's fiction .
. . A rollicking red, which rapidly draws the reader into its
strange and gothic world * Waterstones Books Quarterly *
Wonderful stuff * Daily Telegraph *
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