- Paperback: 487 pages
- Publisher: HarperTrophy; Reprint edition (Mar 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060876301
- ISBN-13: 978-0060876302
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13.3 x 2.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
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Amanda Craig, Independent on Sunday, July 9, 2006
As baroque and bonkers as anything dreamt up by Mervyn Peake or Joan Aiken
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Stunningly original, fabulously inventive and packed with humour and wit, Fly By Night is simply unique. A fantastic adventure story set in a re-imagined early eighteenth-century England, it marks the extraordinary debut of a brand-new writing talent.
--This text refers to the
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Combines a very well-thought-out alternate 18th century with plenty of twisty intrigue, complicated and multilayered supporting cast, vivid description, witty and memorable dialogue, a powerful discussion of freedom of thought and a splendidly tough and sympathetic heroine. The goose is superb too. Thoroughly recommended for anyone over the age of twelve.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I'd like to echo what Laura from Oxford has said. Fly By Night is a wonderfully lyrical, inventive book with witty dialogue and strong characterization. Children should find a magical historical world to inhabit while their Eponymous Clent-like parents will marvel at the language and ideas. Not since Philip Pullman's Lyra have I encountered such an engaging, feisty heroine - not to mention the goose. Very highly recommended.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My daughter (10) was given this book for Christmas. She reads extremely well but is not very sophisticated yet, perhaps. She struggled and stopped, so I tried instead...and was completely hooked: Fly by Night is a sizzling, exciting adventure-cum-detective story full of a complex blend of fantasy and history, written by someone who is clearly in love with words and books. I recommend it to young at heart adults, teenagers, and any child who is precocious enough to give it a go.
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