The much-loved Roald Dahl story, updated for a whole new generation of readers with an exciting new interior design and cover look. 'One child a week is fifty-two a year. Squish them and squiggle them and make them disappear.' This is a story about REAL WITCHES. Real witches dress in ordinary clothes, have ordinary jobs and look very much like ordinary people. But they are not ORDINARY . . . Most of all, they hate children. Hate them with a red-hot sizzling hatred. And The Grand High Witch, leader of all the witches, has a plan to make each and every child disappear. That is, unless one boy and his grandmother can stop her . . .

Details

ISBN13: 9780241578179
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 240
Edition:
Publication Date: 4 Aug 2022
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Publication City, Country: London,United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 19.7(H) x 12.9(L) x 1.5(W)195
Weight (gm): 195

Author Biography

Katie Kitamura's most recent novel, A Separation, was a finalist for the Premio von Rezzori and a New York Times Notable Book. It was named a best book of the year by over a dozen publications, translated into 16 languages, and is being adapted for film. Her two previous novels, Gone to the Forest and The Longshot were both finalists for the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award. A recipient of fellowships from the Lannan Foundation and Santa Maddalena, Kitamura has written for publications including the New York Times Book Review, Guardian, BOMB, and Triple Canopy. She teaches in the Creative Writing Program at New York University.

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