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  NOVEL - RETURN TO OZ - WALT DISNEY PICTURES - A DISNEY FILM CLASSIC BY JOAN D VINGE 1985  

  (W) James Patterson (A/CA) Andy MacDonald   New York. Mexico. India. California. All around the world, brutal attacks are crippling entire cities. It isn't the work of terrorists, but of animals, and their somehow coordinated assaults are escalating at a terrifying pace. Jackson Oz, a young biologist, watches the events with an increasing sense of dread. A coordinated lion ambush in Africa demonstrates the enormity of the violence to come. Could it be the beginning of an all-out war on man? With the help of ecologist Chloe Tousignant, Oz races to warn world leaders before it's too late. The attacks are growing in ferocity, and soon there will be no place left for humans to hide. Black and white.

Paperback. English. Publisher: Flamingo. 1993. 455pp. Fair. Dotty, old and maybe crazy, sees The Wizard of Oz on TV, and recognizes it as her own story. Was is a haunting novel which explores the lives of characters intertwined with The Wizard of Oz: the "real" Dorothy Gale; Judy Garland's unhappy fame; and Jonathan, a dying actor, and his therapist, whose work at an asylum unwittingly intersects with the Yellow Brick Road.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Shortlisted for the 2017 Costa First Novel Award Shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2018 Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2018 Longlisted for The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction New Faces of Fiction 2017, Observer Observer Fiction to look out for in 2017 The Irish Times What To Look Out for in 2017 from Independent Publishers Jen Campbell's `Most Anticipated Books of 2017' Jean Bookish Thoughts `Most Anticipated Releases of 2017' A dark social-realist fairytale, spotlighting the shadowy underside of 1920s England Summer 1923: the modern world. Orphaned Lucy Marsh climbs into the back of an old army truck and is whisked off to the woods north of London - a land haunted by the past, where lost souls and monsters conceal themselves in the trees. In a sunlit clearing she meets the `funny men', a quartet of disfigured ex-soldiers named after Dorothy's companions in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Here are the loved and the damaged, dark forests and darker histories, and the ever-present risk of discovery and violent retribution. Xan Brooks' stunning debut is heartbreaking, disturbing and redemptive. Features Summary Summer 1923. The modern world. Orphaned Lucy Marsh climbs into the back of the old army truck and is whisked off to the woods, where the funny men live... Author Xan Brooks Publisher Salt Publishing Release date 20170415 Pages 400 ISBN 1-78463-093-4 ISBN 13 978-1-78463-093-5