Attica, Garry Kilworth
Attica, Garry Kilworth
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Attica

Author: Garry Kilworth

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 9 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/15/2013


Synopsis

Join Jordy, Alex, and Chloe as they cross the portal from our world to a strange and wonderful place, accessible for just a moment through the trapdoor of the attic in their family home. From hat-stand forests to towering hills of old musical instruments, deserts of old books, and a great water-tank lake, the vast continent they stumble upon is one of limitless surprisesand thats before they meet the inhabitants. The strange clans of small, lumpen people live in homes constructed from all manner of found things and drive vehicles powered by old sewing-machine parts. It is against this remarkable backdrop that the three children will embark on a spellbinding adventure to recover a prized possession, save a life, andsomehowfind a way back home. A story of courage, loyalty, and friendship; of Browsers, Shadow-Tangles, and Tatterdermalions; of incredible landscapes, ingenious devices, and cunning plot twists;Atticahas a richness and depth that will delight listeners of all ages.

About Garry Kilworth

Garry Kilworth
has published more than 120 short stories and 70 novels, including The
Hundred-Towered City, In the
Country of Tattooed Men and Other Cyphers, Jigsaw, the
Knights of Liofwende series, Rogue Officer, and The Silver Claw.
He has won numerous awards, including the British Science Fiction Award and World Fantasy Award, and was a finalist for the Carnegie Medal.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Donna

Received an audiobook copy of Attica for review from Downpour.com via Audiobook Jukebox Attica was brilliantly narrated by Simon Vance. This was the first title that I have listened to by this narrator which is surprising since he has narrated over 700 popular novels such as The Girl With the Dragon......more

Alice in Wonderland meets Homer’s Odyssey. There’s a dark whimsy in Kilworth’s story of three children journeying through a boundless attic, yet it does not evoke wonder so much as despondency. The characters grow but afford too little payoff at journey’s end.......more

Goodreads review by Moonie

A complex, Narnian-fantasy manages to amaze and disappoint. The plot is definitely it's strong point. If you love your "Kids go on an adventure to a weird but crazy cool world", I seriously can't recommend it enough. It's bizarre, it's fun, it's humorous, it's creepy... and hey, even has the tiniest......more