
Johnny and the Dead
- Author Terry Pratchett
- Narrator Richard Mitchley
- Publisher Random House
- Run Time 3 hours and 59 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers.
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What to expect
This is the next in the popular series featuring Johnny Maxwell. Johnny can see the dead, and the dead are beginning to see just how much fun it is to be alive, in another terrific tale from the master of comic fantasy Terry Pratchett.
Critics Review
Wraith-like jokes pushing at the margins of taste… inspired imagination
The IndependentA hilarious and subtly thought-provoking story
The 100 Best BooksA marvellous story… You think this is a good book? Right. It is funny, poignant, angry, outrageous and moving. Were it a movie, you’d leave the cinema wondering whether you were crying with laughter or because of the passion and compassion of the story. … [this book is] the best he has ever written, one that would shift him – were there any justice – from the ranks of “mere” bestsellerdom into the realm of “literature”… it also makes you look again at the way we live
Vector MagazineTerry Pratchett uses his wicked sense of humour to hilarious effect in his new fantasy story…anyone over ten can find something to smile about here
Daily Mail
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