So begins the story of a tin father and son who dance under a Christmas tree until they break the ancient clockwork rules and are themselves broken. Thrown away, then rescued from a dustbin and repaired by a tramp, they set out on a dangerous quest for a family and a place of their own.
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Russell Hoban |
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5.9900 |
Brilliantly plotted ...a spellbinder ...it has a style that glows and crackles. Spectator Hugely funny, provocative, pathetic and heroic. TLS What are we, Papa? the toy mouse child asked his father. I dont know, the father answered. We must wait and see. So begins the story of a tin father and son who dance under a Christmas tree until they break the ancient clockwork rules and are themselves broken. Thrown away, then rescued from a dustbin and repaired by a tramp, they set out on a dangerous quest for a family and a place of their own - the magnificent dolls house, the plush elephant and the tin seal they had once know in the toy shop.