Book description
There seemed nothing odd about Luke to begin with - except perhaps the
snakes. If they were snakes, that is… David wasn't sure.
"Just kindle a flame and I'll be with you," says Luke. David
thinks he's joking, but certainly, whenever he strikes a match, Luke
appears immediately.
But David's new friend seems to have some extraordinary friends and
relations, and some very dark secrets. And when David enters into a
bargain with the mysterious one-eyed Mr Wedding, life gets very hot
indeed! “…Her hallmarks include laugh-aloud humour, plenty of magic
and imaginative array of alternate worlds. Yet, at the same time, a
great seriousness is present in all of her novels, a sense of urgency
that links Jones's most outrageous plots to her readers' hopes and fears…”
Publishers Weekly Diana Wynne Jones spent her childhood in Essex and
has been writing fantasy novels for children since 1973. With her unique
combination of magic, humour and imagination, she has been enthralling
children and adults with her work ever since. She won the Guardian Award
in 1977 with Charmed Life, was runner-up for the Children's Book Award
in 1981, and was twice runner-up for the Carnegie Medal. She is married
with three sons, and lives in Bristol with her husband.
