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A Different Kingdom (Paperback)

by Paul Kearney (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; New edition edition (9 Jun 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575057130
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575057135
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 917,343 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A lyrical fantasy of Ireland's past and present, by the author of "The Way to Babylon". In a remote rural part of Northern Ireland, a small boy's enchanted life changes for ever when a chance fall on a riverbank opens up another world in which sword-bearing warriors do battle with beasts of legend.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Lyrical and Gritty - Fantasy for Grown-Ups, 11 Sep 2006
A bald description of the plot makes it sound like too many children's novels you might once have read - a boy in his early teens finds a way into an alternate world at the bottom of the fields where he lives - but in fact this book has much more to offer.

For one thing, this is not a book for children. It does not shy away from sex and sexual desire - indeed it provides a central motivation. The magical secondary world in which the hero finds himself is not one purely of fairy tales; it is just as hard and gritty as the real world sections of the story. And, if the fantasy parts can offer realism, the real world parts, set in rural Ulster not-so-long ago, offer a lyrical and elegaic vision of a vanished life.

The book has obvious similarities to stories such as Mythago Wood; Little, Big; The Broken Sword and, even, Cider With Rosie, but it is more than capable of standing on its merits. It has real magic - dirty and hard-edged - as well as fairies, goblins and ogres. It has a well drawn sense of place in the real world sections and a touch for compelling detail in the fantasy world. And - unlike so many similar stories - it has a believeable portrait of a young man changed by his experiences in the secondary world.

Recommended.
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