The Young Inferno
By John Agard Illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura
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Online price: £12.99
This edition is not available yet.Hardback, 80pp Published: 4th September 2008 Category: Classic fiction (Children's/YA), Fantasy & magical realism (Children's/YA), Religion & beliefs: general interest (Children's/YA) Interest age, years: From 11 To 13 Key Stage:  |
What a briliant idea combining the skills of wordsmith, John Agard, and illustrator Satoshi Kitamura, this is an updating of Dante's Inferno for our times and for a younger readership. It is an irresistible package, with a poetic feast of finery, and artwork from one of our finest picture book artists, which will amuse intrigue and inspire. This is a must for children of all ages.
- Publishing News
'One hopes that in this, the National Year of Reading, Frances Lincoln's wonderful Inferno will be read throughout the land.'
- Publishing News
Can our hoodie hero make it through nine circles of Hell and back again? Will he find love with his soulmate, Beatrice? Discover the city of Dis where everybody disses everybody. Meet Frankenstein, the lovesick bouncer with the bling-bling. Come face to face with the Furies, a gang of snake-haired females in T-shirts. Prepare for a host of gluttons, bigots and plunderers from the world of history and politics. John Agard fires Dante's Inferno into the 21st century in a red-hot retelling, with wicked artwork from Satoshi Kitamura.
80 pages
