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The Wolf in the Attic
The Wolf in the Attic | Paul Kearney
20S OXFORD: HOME TO C.S. LEWIS, J.R.R. TOLKIEN... AND ANNA FRANCIS, A YOUNG GREEK REFUGEE LOOKING TO ESCAPE THE GRIM REALITY OF HER NEW LIFE. THE NIGHT THEY CROSS PATHS, NONE SUSPECT THE FANTASTIC WORLD AT WORK AROUND THEM. Anna Francis (…more)
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JazzFeathers
The Wolf in the Attic | Paul Kearney
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1. Fiction, but l love non-fiction too
2. Done
3. Math. I hate number with all my heart.
4. Too easy. The 1920s!
5. @julesG

#frideas @SailorMoon

darklydreaming #4 🙌🙌 6y
SailorMoon Thanks for playing!!! 💕🤟🏻🌙 6y
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Moray_Reads
The Wolf in the Attic | Paul Kearney
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A story made up of so many disparate parts strung together that it was completely incoherent. A vague religious theme that lumbered from Christianity to atheism with elements of myth and folktale thrown in. Why Tolkien and CS Lewis were involved, except the staunch faith of the former and the conversion of the latter, is totally beyond me. Baffling. (And Kearney seems to have only a vague and inconsistent knowledge of punctuation!)

saresmoore Good grief. I'm impressed by your commitment to finishing! (edited) 8y
Moray_Reads @saresmoore I wanted to see whether Tolkien and Lewis would actually play a proper part in the story. They didn't. It was basically an extended namedrop to gull naïve fans into reading, and obviously it worked! 8y
saresmoore Ha! How rude. 8y
Moray_Reads @saresmoore fortunately it was a 99p Kindle buy, but still! 8y
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JazzFeathers
The Wolf in the Attic | Paul Kearney
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One of the most fascinating books l've ever read. It's set is a world that looks like #1920s Oxford, but is in fact a complex mix of history, traditions and legends.
I love the characters: complex, sympathetic, driven.
I loved the story, full of #magic and #mystery
#SetInThe1920s

Read full review http://theoldshelter.com/thursday-quotables-the-wolf-in-the-attic/

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Seshat
The Wolf in the Attic | Paul Kearney

"There are men in frock coats and top hats with the blood of the world on their hands, and they eat with silver forks and white napkins every day, and they will give up their last breath in a linen-made bed whilst the ones they sent out to die lie forgotten in the earth, mouldering bones with the poppies fat and red above ‘em. Ah, mankind."

Paul Kearney, The Wolf in the Attic

JazzFeathers One of the best books l've ever read. Loved the mix of history and legend, and that almost mystic atmosphere. Beautiful 8y
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ReadingRover
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"It must be terrible to be old when you love someone who died young. They never change in your mind, and everyday you see yourself grow old away from that person you were when you loved and knew them. Until you are more of a shadow than they are, and the girl you were is altogether gone, more dead even than the young man on the battlefield."

lynneamch 💔 8y
JazzFeathers Absolutely loved this book. So deep 8y
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Fan_of_70
The Wolf in the Attic | Paul Kearney

"It must be terrible to be old, when you love someone who died young. They never change in your mind, and every day you see yourself grow away from that person you were when you loved and knew them. Until you are more of a shadow than they are, and the girl you were is altogether gone, more dead even than the young man on the battlefield."