I'm the King of the Castle Susan Hill

Name: I'm the King of the Castle By Susan Hill
SKU: 9780141041940
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I'm the King of the Castle by Susan Hill

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Summary

Telling the story of two boys forced to live together by their widowed parents, this is a portrayal of childhood cruelty and persecution, of parental blindness and of our own ambivalence to what are supposed to be the happiest days of our lives.

I'm the King of the Castle Summary

I'm the King of the Castle by Susan Hill

I'm the King of the Castle is Susan Hill's spellbinding novel of childhood cruelty.

With an introduction by Esther Freud.

Susan Hill's I'm King of the Castle was first published in 1970. Telling the story of two boys forced to live together by their widowed parents, it is a chilling portrayal of childhood cruelty and persecution, of parental blindness and of our own ambivalence to what are supposed to be the happiest days of our lives.

'Hill's exploration of a juvenile ghoul and his natural prey is a brilliant tour de force'Guardian

'Equalled for poignancy and horror only in Lord of the Flies'Sunday Telegraph

About Susan Hill

Susan Hill was born in Scarborough in 1942, and educated at grammar schools there and in Coventry. She read English at King's College, London, of which she is now a Fellow. As well as I'm the King of the Castle, her novels include Strange Meeting, The Bird of Night, In the Springtime of the Year, Air and Angels, The Service of Clouds,The Various Haunts of Men, The Pure in Heart, The Rise of Darkness, The Beacon, The Vows of Silence and The Small Hand. She has written several volumes of short stories, including A Bit of Singing and Dancing; two ghost novels, The Woman in Black and The Mist in the Mirror; and a number of stories for children. Her autobiographical books are The Magic Apple Tree and Family. She is married with two adult daughters and lives in North Norfolk.

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Sku

GOR002018078

ISBN 13

9780141041940

ISBN 10

0141041943

Title

I'm the King of the Castle by Susan Hill

Author

Susan Hill

Series

Penguin Decades

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Year published

20100401

Number of pages

208

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N/A

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