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The Last Dragonslayer

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4th November 2010

Price: £10.2

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Selected: Digital (On physical carrier) / ISBN-13: 9781444708066
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In the good old days, magic was powerful, unregulated by government, and even the largest spell could be woven without filling in the magic release form B1-7g. But somewhere, somehow, the magic started draining away.

Jennifer Strange runs Kazam!, an employment agency for state-registered magicians, soothsayers and sorceresses. But work is drying up. Drain cleaner is cheaper and quicker than a spell. Why trust a cold and drafty magic carpet when jetlines offer a comfy seat and an in-flight movie? And now potions are eligible for VAT . . .

But then the visions start. The Last Dragon is going to be killed by a Dragonslayer at 12.00 on Sunday. The death will unleash untold devastation on the UnUnited Kingdom, setting principality against dukedom and property developer against homesteader. And all the signs are pointing to Jennifer Strange, and saying ‘Big Magic is coming’ . . .

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Reviews

<i>Scotsman</i>
'Fforde is a master entertainer, and a wordsmith of dexterous genius'
<i>Sunday Times</i>
'This year's grown-up JK Rowling'
<i>Daily Mirror</i>
'Hilarious, absurd and utterly compelling new series of nursery crimes for adults.'
<i>Independent</i>
'Fforde's books are more than an ingenious idea. They are written with buoyant zest and are tautly plotted. They have empathic heroes and heroines who nearly make terrible mistakes and suitable dastardly villains who do. They also have more twists and turns than Christie, and are embellish with the rich details of a Dickens or Pratchett.'
<i>Herald</i>
'Fans of the late Douglas Adams, or, even, Monty Python, will feel at home with Fforde.'
<i>Sunday Express</i>
'True literary comic genius'

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