The Worlds of Chrestomanci
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BfK No. 137 - November 2002
Cover Story
This issue's cover illustration is from Lian Hearn's Across the Nightingale Floor which is discussed by Clive Barnes. Thanks to Pan Macmillan for their help with this November cover.
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The Worlds of Chrestomanci
Read by Anthony Head
(HarperCollins)
4 hrs, unabridged, AUDIO BOOK, 978-0007143139, RRP £12.99, Audio Cassette
8-10 Junior/Middle
Anthony Head's throatily deadpan reading of these four wizardly stories is compelling. At the centre of each story is the tall, handsome enchanter, Chrestomanci, who must control the lesser wizards and warlocks who surround him. Anthony Head's measured tones seem to capture absolutely the enigmatic nature of Chrestomanci whose work is usually - but by no means always - for the good. As ever, Wynne Jones's invention is funny and refreshingly original returning a good name to stories of wizards.
