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May 04, 2014gbjgaudet rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Child is an exceptionally inventive and compelling storyteller, with his later novels hugely successful. (Just try and find copies at many library branches - you may sit a long while on the wait list!) However while this fairly early work suggested great things to come, I feel that it didn't quite reach four stars. His later ones nailed five each, for my money.