Book description
'UnLondon is at war. We're under attack. And it's been written, for
centuries, that you - you - will come and save us.' Stumbling through a
secret entrance, Zanna and Deeba emerge in the strange wonderland of
UnLondon. Here all the lost and broken things of London end up, and some
of its people, too - including Brokkenbroll, boss of the broken
umbrellas and Hemi the half-ghost boy. UnLondon is a place where
Routemaster buses have legs, where Librarians are 'bookaneers', intrepid
adventurers dedicated to hunting down lost books, and postmen spend
years tracking the mobile addresses of the ever changing Puzzleborough.
But the girls have arrived at a dangerous time - UnLondon is under siege
by the sinister Smog; it's a city awaiting its hero. China makes
extraordinary use of the ordinary is this wildly inventive fantasy
adventure.
China lives and works in London. He has written four novels for
adults. He has twice won the prestigous Arthur C. Clarke Award, with
Perdido Street Station and Iron Council, and is also twice winner of
the British Fantasy Award, for Perdido Street Station and The Scar.
Un Lun Dun is China's first novel for younger readers.
