The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep, H. G. Parry
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep, H. G. Parry
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The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep
A Novel

Author: H. G. Parry

Narrator: Calum Gittens

Unabridged: 18 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Redhook

Published: 07/23/2019

Synopsis

The ultimate book-lover's fantasy, this sparkling debut is a "delight of magic and literature, love and adventure" (Kat Howard) featuring a young scholar with the power to bring literary characters into the world.

For his entire life, Charley Sutherland has concealed a magical ability he can't quite control: He can bring characters from books into the real world.
But when literary characters start causing trouble throughout the city and threatening to destroying the world, he learns he's not the only one with his ability. Now it's up to Charley and his reluctant older brother, Rob, to stop them--hopefully before they reach The End.
Praise for The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep:
"A star-studded literary tour and a tangled mystery and a reflection on reading itself; it's a pure delight." --Alix E. Harrow, Hugo Award-winning author
"This beautifully-written novel is an exploration of the power fiction wields -- the power to inform and to change, even to endanger, our everyday world." --Louisa Morgan, author of A Secret History of Witches
"Equal parts sibling rivalry, crackling mystery, and Dickensian battle royale, it'll be one of your most fun reads this year." --Mike Chen, author of Here and Now and Then

About H. G. Parry

H. G. Parry lives in a book-infested flat in Wellington, New Zealand, which she shares with her sister and two overactive rabbits. She holds a PhD in English literature from Victoria University of Wellington, and teaches English, film and media studies.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Celeste on September 23, 2019

I received a copy of this book from the publisher (Orbit US/Redhook) in exchange for an honest review. It’s. Not. Fair. I know that life isn’t. But stories are. Or if they’re not fair, they’re not fair with purpose. I wish I could tell better where stories end and life begins. Sometimes you just need to es......more

Goodreads review by TS on January 12, 2020

A review copy received from the publisher, Orbit UK, in exchange for an honest review. How many of us readers have experienced the kind of immersion and connection to a story, its setting or its characters, which made us wish that it could be real? I'd gander a guess that it covers pretty much all of......more

Goodreads review by Brooke — brooklynnnnereads on April 13, 2020

When I picked up this novel, I expected an adult version similar (yet different) to "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke. A story of fictionalized characters being read to life was too tempting for me to be able to resist but I will say that I was disappointed. I had a very difficult time getting into the s......more

Goodreads review by Mirko Smith on July 18, 2022

3.5 ⭐️ Indubbiamente una lettura carina, vedere famosi personaggi letterari della letteratura dell’800 prendere vita in situazioni e forme diverse è stato divertente. Tutto molto bello se me ne fosse fregato qualcosa. Purtroppo non ho provato nessun tipo di empatia nei confronti dei personaggi, non so......more

Goodreads review by Liz on November 10, 2019

The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep is hands down one of my favourite novels of the last few years – any fan of literature is going to adore this rip rollicking adventure, where the real and the fictional merge and you never know just who you might meet around the corner… Practical, realistic Rob is a......more

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