Devilskein and Dearlove
by Alex Smith (Author)
Description
NOMINATED FOR 2015 CARNEGIE MEDAL
A Young Adult novel set in South Africa.
Young Erin Dearlove has lost everything in a violent attack on her family. She now lives with her bohemian aunt Kate in a run-down apartment block. Locked into a fantasy of her previous life, she shuns all overtures of friendship from her new neighbours, until she meets Mr Devilskein, the demon who lives on the top floor... and opens a door into another world.
Just as Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book reworked Kipling’s The Jungle Book for a modern audience with a liking for the supernatural, Devilskein & Dearlove is a darker, more edgy, contemporary reworking of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic The Secret Garden. An orphaned teenager is taken in by a reluctant distant relative, and in her new home makes an unexpected friend and finds a secret realm. It has shades of the quirky fantastical in the style of Miyazaki’s (Studio Ghibli) animated films like Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle (originally a novel by Diana Wynne Jones).
Alex says “As a child The Secret Garden was one of my first favourite novels - one of the first I relished reading by myself. Although Devilskein & Dearlove is very different, it was inspired by that novel and its themes.”
“Alex Smith’s quirky imagination knows no bounds.” - André Brink
More Information
Rights Information
world ex ZA
Endorsements
All praise to Arachne Press and the Carnegie Award judges for unearthing this South African diamond. Alex Smith’s novel pays homage to other classic and contemporary writers whilst being unique in its own right.
Author Biography
Alex Smith lives in Cape Town with her partner, their book-eating baby boy and their two dogs. She has had four novels published in South Africa (Random House/Umuzi Imprint), was shortlisted for the 2010 Caine Prize and won the 2011 Nielsens Bookseller’s Choice Award. She has been published before by Arachne Press, in Weird Lies
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher Arachne Press
- Publication Date July 2014
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781909208155
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 10.99 GBP
- Pages256
- ReadershipTeenage/Young Adult
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions198x129 mm
Arachne Press has chosen to review this offer before it proceeds.
You will receive an email update that will bring you back to complete the process.
You can also check the status in the My Offers area
Please wait while the payment is being prepared.
Do not close this window.