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I'm the King of the Castle
Susan Hill
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Description for I'm the King of the Castle
Paperback. 'I didn't want you to come here.' So says the note that the boy Edmund Hooper passes to Charles Kingshaw upon his arrival at Warings. But, young Kingshaw and his mother have come to live with Hooper and his father in the ugly, isolated Victorian house for good. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
Discover a chilling twentieth century classic, delving into the dark and complex heart of childhood
'Some people are coming here today, now you will have a companion.'
But young Edmund Hooper doesn't want anyone else in Warings, the rambling Victorian house he shares with his widowed father. Nevertheless Charles Kingshaw and his mother are soon installed and Edmund sets about persecuting his fearful new playmate.
From the dusty back rooms of Warings through the gloomy labyrinth of Hang Wood to the very top of Leydell Castle, Edmund pursues Charles, the balance of power slipping back and forth ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140034912
SKU
KSS0005885
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About Susan Hill
Susan Hill was born in Scarborough in 1942, and educated at grammar schools there and in Coventry. She read English at King's College, London, of which she is now a Fellow. As well as I'm the King of the Castle, her novels include Strange Meeting, The Bird of Night, In the Springtime of the Year, Air and Angels, The Service ... Read more
Reviews for I'm the King of the Castle
Hill's exploration of a juvenile ghoul and his natural prey is a brilliant tour de force
Guardian
Equalled for poignancy and horror only in Lord of the Flies
Sunday Telegraph
Delves beneath the surface of complex young minds, exposing not only their vulnerability and tenderness, their cruelty and malevolence, but also how parents end up turning ... Read more
Guardian
Equalled for poignancy and horror only in Lord of the Flies
Sunday Telegraph
Delves beneath the surface of complex young minds, exposing not only their vulnerability and tenderness, their cruelty and malevolence, but also how parents end up turning ... Read more