The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
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The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
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Narrated by:
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Marisa Calin
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By:
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Garth Nix
About this listen
A girl's quest to find her father leads her to an extended family of magical fighting booksellers who police the mythical Old World of England when it intrudes on the modern world. From the bestselling master of fantasy, Garth Nix.
In a slightly alternate London in 1983, Susan Arkshaw is looking for her father, a man she has never met. Crime boss Frank Thringley might be able to help her, but Susan doesn't get time to ask Frank any questions before he is turned to dust by the prick of a silver hatpin in the hands of the outrageously attractive Merlin.
Merlin is a young left-handed bookseller (one of the fighting ones), who with the right-handed booksellers (the intellectual ones), are an extended family of magical beings who police the mythic and legendary Old World when it intrudes on the modern world, in addition to running several bookshops.
Susan's search for her father begins with her mother's possibly misremembered or misspelt surnames, a reading room ticket, and a silver cigarette case engraved with something that might be a coat of arms.
Merlin has a quest of his own, to find the Old World entity who used ordinary criminals to kill his mother. As he and his sister, the right-handed bookseller Vivien, tread in the path of a botched or covered-up police investigation from years past, they find this quest strangely overlaps with Susan's. Who or what was her father? Susan, Merlin, and Vivien must find out, as the Old World erupts dangerously into the New.
Critic Reviews
"Garth Nix sets the standard for Fantasy." (Leigh Bardugo)
"Garth Nix is one of the best world-builders in fantasy." (Brandon Sanderson)
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- Anonymous User
- 26-05-2021
I won't be shoplifting from this mob
Garth's best book yet - brilliant.
Twisted and turned like a snake.
Beautifully read, while worth the listen.
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- Julie
- 01-07-2021
Amazing!! Loved every minute of the story!
Amazing!! Loved every minute of the story! I would recommend it highly to any one. Garth Nix has done it again!
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- Erin
- 05-12-2020
Amazing
I really loved this book. The details in the whole world that has been created was not too complex but also so well done. There was humour, mystery, suspense, and wasn't too predictable. The characters were interesting, engaging you can either love them or love to hate them.
Would love to read more about future adventures and more about this hidden world
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- meganlizbet
- 06-06-2023
Interesting characters and myths
A little more young adult, but I enjoyed the characters. The narrator had trouble maintaining her accent consistency for each character and overdid some of the narrative descriptions. Fun story though and I'm not sorry I persevered to the end. Will probably read the sequel in paper.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-10-2020
Dope tale. However...
The story is so much fun. I recommend this book to you, yes, you. You will enjoy it.
My problem is with the narrator. Not the story. I found her voice to be grating. I didn’t mind it overly much to begin with but by the end I was over it. She does an excellent job of doing the voices of the different characters - All except for the main character - which is the most important. However, as intolerable as her voice became, I still recommend this book. Oh, and regarding the other current review, which says that she thinks a chapter is missing... I am fairly certain, though not 100% certain, that she wasn’t paying attention properly. I think this because I was looking out for a missing chapter and I didn’t find one. I think I know the bit she was talking about. It is easy to drift away listening to audiobooks as I’m sure you know, dear reader. Peace and love.
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- Anonymous User
- 23-10-2021
Brilliant Story Teller
I really enjoyed the story, again an amazing original story by a fantastic mind!!
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- Anonymous User
- 10-12-2020
Splendid romp through faerie - tech glitches fixed
Engaging, frequently very funny. Issues with missing chapters found by previous reviewers are fixed. Recommend.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-01-2022
Awesomeness!
Great fast paced and funny, the characters and story world were unique and great fun. Loved it and highly recommend
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- Amanda
- 01-12-2022
A great modern fantasy novel
Very entertaining. I am not normally into fantasy novels, but this one was very fast paced and entertaining.
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- Pamela J. Hayes
- 01-05-2022
Great fun!
An enjoyable Fantasy! I found I got involved with the characters and at the end I wanted more!
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