Carnivalesque

The carnival appears ordinary, but it contains a mysterious Hall of Mirrors. Andy is hypnotized by the mirrors and finds himself in a world where gravity and time defy logic. An identical stranger now inhabits Andy's life, causing mysterious events in their Irish coastal town.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 08 February 2018
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

It had its own little backstreets, its alleyways of hanging bulbs and ghost trains and Punch and Judy stands … And at the end of one he saw the Hall of Mirrors. There were looping strings of carnival lights leading towards it, and a large sign in mirrored glass reading ‘Burleighs Amazing Hall of Mirrors and the sign reflected the lights in all sorts of magically distorted ways.

To Andy and his parents, it looks like any other carnival: creaking ghost train, rusty rollercoaster and circus performers. But of course it isnt. Drawn to the hall of mirrors, Andy enters and is hypnotised by the many selves staring back at him. Sometime later, one of those selves walks out rejoins his parents – leaving Andy trapped inside the glass, snatched from the tensions of his suburban home and transported to a world where the laws of gravity are meaningless and time performs acrobatic tricks.

And now an identical stranger inhabits Andy's life, unsettling his mother with a curious blankness, as mysterious events start unfolding in their Irish coastal town.

Weight: 204g
Dimension: 179 x 140 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781408881354