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Winner of both the Whitbread Children's Book Award and the 2005 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
There is never enough time in Kinvara. When Helen Liddy is asked what she wants for her birthday, she says, 'Time. That's what I want. Time.'
Fifteen year-old JJ is continuing the Liddy family tradition with his fiddle-playing. But one day he discovers that music might no tbe the only thing that runs in his veins. Can it be true that his great-grandfather was a murderer?
When JJ sets out to buy his mother some time he discovers the answer, as well as some truly remarkable things about music, myth and magic.
Who knows where the time goes?
JJ does.
'A beautifully original book' INDEPENDENT
'A story full of surprises, magic and a delicately balanced internal logic' JULIA ECCLESHARE, GUARDIAN
'There is something hallucinatory, if not delirious about this stylish, magical book' JAN MARK
"If you buy nothing else for your children (or yourself) this summer, buy Kate Thompson's The New Policeman . . . Witty, entrancinly romantic and rooted in an ancient Celtic myth, this is a parable about not having enough time which hits hard" (Christina Hardyment Independent)
"A story full of surprises, magic and a delicately balanced internal logic" (Julia Eccleshare Guardian)
"Kate Thompson's work always surprises with its inventiveness and sheer quality of her writing . . . At times dark, daring and subversive, at times sheer fun . . . This book breaks new ground and should become a classic" (Inis)
"A masterful fantasy of the old school: long on story, short on whizzy gimmicks . . . Beautifully told and the characters draw you in" (Carousel)
"A distinctive and beautifully written book . . . An enthralling tale, both whimsical and deep, told with a dry laconic wit" (Books for Keeps)
"A story full of surprises, magic and a delicately balanced internal logic" (Julia Eccleshare Guardian)
"Kate Thompson's work always surprises with its inventiveness and sheer quality of her writing . . . At times dark, daring and subversive, at times sheer fun . . . This book breaks new ground and should become a classic" (Inis)
"A masterful fantasy of the old school: long on story, short on whizzy gimmicks . . . Beautifully told and the characters draw you in" (Carousel)
"A distinctive and beautifully written book . . . An enthralling tale, both whimsical and deep, told with a dry laconic wit" (Books for Keeps)
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- ÉditeurRandom House Children's Books
- Date d'édition2007
- ISBN 10 1846576776
- ISBN 13 9781846576775
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