The Domino Men - by Jonathan Barnes (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>An ordinary office-working Brit discovers that he may be destined to wipe out the wicked House of Windsor.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In an earlier century, Queen Victoria made a Faustian bargain, signing London and all its souls away to a nefarious, inhuman entity. Now, generations later, the bill has finally come due. . . . </p><p>An amiable, unambitious London file clerk, Henry Lamb leads an unremarkable life--until the day he learns he's expected to assume the covert responsibilities of his universally despised, now comatose grandfather. London is at war, and a shadowy organization known (to a very few) as the Directorate wishes to recruit Henry to the cause. All he has to do is find the girl, save the world from the monster Leviathan, and defeat the unspeakable evil lurking in the cellar of 10 Downing Street: the serial-slaying schoolboy twins known as the Domino Men.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Barnes's second novel, a compelling supernatural thriller, shows that his impressive debut, <i>The Somnambulist</i>, was no fluke. ...Thanks to Barnes's evocative prose, readers will easily suspend disbelief. Those who enjoy the grafting of fantasy elements onto contemporary urban landscapes will be more than satisfied."--<em>Publishers Weekly</em> <strong>(starred review)</strong><br><br>"Old school entertainment in the penny-dreadful tradition that almost succeeds in being as sublime as it is ridiculous."--<em>Entertainment Weekly</em><br><br>"Strange, outrageous, and wonderful ... There is much that is strange, magical, and darkly hilarious about this book ... An original and monumentally inventive piece of work by a writer still in his 20s. Barnes seems to leave himself room for a sequel--a consummation devoutly to be wished."--<em>Washington Post</em><br><br>"Unmatched life and verve."--<em>Washington Post Book World</em><br><br>"A comic extravaganza, deftly plotted, fiendishly clever, and wonderfully funny. . . . One of the classiest entertainments I've read."--Christopher Bram, author of Exiles in America<br><br>"Nothing about Barnes's follow-up to <i>The Somnabulist</i> is predictable....The grotesque fantasy world is a riot."--mX Brisbane (Australia)<br><br>"Sneaky, cheeky, and dark in the best possible way, Jonathan Barnes' massively entertaining <i>The Somnambulist</i> manages to make the familiar daringly unfamiliar. I enjoyed the heck out of this novel."--Jeff Vandermeer<br><br>"A fantastic novel."--Denver Rocky Mountain News<br><br>"A wonderfully original concoction of grotesque humour and sparkling prose."--The Guardian<br><br>"Another remarkable outing, an infectious blend of wit, wonder, and the bizarre presented with remarkable style. This is literary fiction for the genre fiction set, or possibly the other way around...genuinely shocking and inventive."--San Antonio Express-News<br><br>"If you only read one black comedy with the brains and labyrinthine twists of Vedantic hair-splitting, make it this one....a gripping yarn."--Chicago Sun-Times<br><br>"Kudos Barnes for another winner that is as funny as it is creepy, as thought provoking as it is entertaining."--Colorado Springs Independent<br><br>"Macabre wit and stylistic panache. Parliament should immediately pass a law requiring Barnes to write a sequel."--James Morrow, author of The Last Witchfinder and The Philosopher's Apprentice<br><br>"Magical, dark, beautifully odd-and utterly compelling-this is an astonishing debut."--Michael Marshall, author of The Intruders<br><br>"Marvelously imaginative."--The Onion<br><br>"The best fantasy novel of the year."--Rocky Mountain News<br><br>"This promising debut subverts its 19th-century predecessors amusingly. Inventive and often witty. A cabinet crammed with curiosities."--The Observer<br>
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