{"product_id":"9781471401596","title":"Heap House : the first in the wildly original Iremonger trilogy from the author of Times book of the year Little","description":"By: Carey, Edward\u003cbr\u003e Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Hot Key Books\u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 07\/08\/2014\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781471401596\u003cbr\u003e Classification: Fantasy \u0026amp; magical realism (Children's \/ Teenage)\u003cbr\u003e Dimensions in mm: 193 x 125 x 26\u003cbr\u003eDescription: 'Roald Dahl by way of Charles Dickens' - Vox.com 'Dark and wildly original urban fantasy tale' - The New York Times'Delightful, eccentric, heartfelt, surprising, philosophical, everything that a novel for children should be' - Eleanor Catton, winner of the Man Booker Prize 2013'A rare work of individual brilliance' - Inis magazineThe Iremongers have taken up what was not wanted and wanted it.   Clod is an Iremonger. He lives in the Heaps, a vast sea of lost and discarded items collected from all over London. At the centre is Heap House, a puzzle of houses, castles, homes and mysteries reclaimed from the city and built into a living maze of staircases and scurrying rats. The Iremongers are a mean and cruel family, robust and hardworking, but Clod has an illness. He can hear the objects whispering. His birth object, a universal bath plug, says 'James Henry', Cousin Tummis's tap is squeaking 'Hilary Evelyn Ward-Jackson' and something in the attic is shouting 'Robert Burrington' and it sounds angry.   A storm is brewing over Heap House. The Iremongers are growing restless and the whispers are getting louder. When Clod meets Lucy Pennant, a girl newly arrived from the city, everything changes. The secrets that bind Heap House together begin to unravel to reveal a dark truth that threatens to destroy Clod's world.","brand":"Scotia Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41039115419831,"sku":"9781471401596","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0570\/5629\/7143\/products\/9781471401596.jpg?v=1641407554","url":"https:\/\/www.scotiabooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781471401596","provider":"scotia-books-online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}