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Item Details
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THE MIDNIGHT PALACE
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| By: |
Carlos Ruiz Zafon |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1444001671 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781444001679 |
| Publisher: |
ORION PUBLISHING CO |
| Pub. date: |
2 June, 2011 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
A mesmerising story of a secret society and a labyrinthine railway station with a dark past. |
| Synopsis: |
The book begins with a chase through the streets of Calcutta in May 1916. Lieutenant Peake pauses for breath outside the ruins of the Jheeter's Gate station knowing that he only has a few hours to live. Inside his overcoat he is sheltering two newborn babies - twins, a boy and a girl. Peake entrusts them Aryami Bose. Sixteen years later we meet the boy, Ben, and his friends. They have formed a secret club, The Chowbar Society, which meets each week at midnight in the old ruin they have christened The Midnight Palace. Then Aryami Bose turns up with Sheere, Ben's sister, and tells them the story of the parents they never knew. Their father was an engineer and writer who died in tragic circumstances at the inauguration of Jheeter's Gate station. But as the novel unfolds, there is more to their history than meets the eye and they are lured by a shadowy figure from the past into a final showdown in the ruins. |
| Reader Age: |
From 9 |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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