The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Edinburgh, 1874: Little Jack is born with a frozen heart and immediately undergoes a life-saving operation — the implantation of a cuckoo-clock in his chest. From then on his days all begin with a wind-up, in this dark, tender fairy tale spiced with devilish humour.
Edinburgh, 1874: Little Jack is born with a frozen heart and immediately undergoes a life-saving operation — the implantation of a cuckoo-clock in his chest. From then on his days all begin with a wind-up, in this dark, tender fairy tale spiced with devilish humour.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780701183691 (0701183691)
Publish date: August 6th 2009
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
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