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Lungdon

Foulsham

Heap House

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NPR's Book Concierge: Our Guide To 2018's Great Reads

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NPR's Book Concierge: Our Guide To 2018's Great Reads

November 27, 2018 • The Book Concierge is back! Explore more than 300 standout titles picked by NPR staff and critics.

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'Little' Considers Power, Personhood, And Wax Artistry

October 28, 2018 • Edward Carey's new novel is about the life of wax museum pioneer Madame Tussaud — but it's also about the French Revolution, about humans, bodies, art and loneliness, and it's deeply, painfully sad.

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You Might Learn A 'Little' About Madame Tussaud In New Novel Based On Her Life

October 23, 2018 • Edward Carey's new novel Little, which he also illustrated, is based on the mysterious life of Madame Tussaud and the origins of her famous wax museum.

You Might Learn A 'Little' About Madame Tussaud In New Novel Based On Her Life

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NPR's Book Concierge: Our Guide To 2015's Great Reads

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NPR's Book Concierge: Our Guide To 2015's Great Reads

December 8, 2015 • The Book Concierge is back and all new for 2015! Explore more than 260 standout titles picked by NPR staff and critics.

Lungdon

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Sooty 'Lungdon' Is A Breathlessly Exciting Finale

November 19, 2015 • Edward Carey wraps up his Iremonger trilogy with a bang, as the mysterious family of the title marches on its alternative version of London; it's that rare third book that sticks the landing.

Foulsham

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'Foulsham' Ventures Forth Into A Grimy, Enthralling City

July 22, 2015 • This second volume in Edward Carey's Iremonger Trilogy leaves the forbidding Heap House behind to explore a strange alternate London where people can turn into objects — and objects into people.

Heap House

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'Heap House' Is A Treasure Of A Trash Tale

October 25, 2014 • Edward Carey's illustrated young adult novel about the keepers of mystical trash heaps (yes, you read that right) in an alternate Victorian London combines thrills with intelligence and compassion.