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The Elephant Keepers' Children

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9780099569466

  • Length: 400  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 24mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 277g

  • RRP: £12.99

The Elephant Keepers' Children

Peter and Tilte are trying to track down two notorious criminals: their parents. They are the pastor and the organist, respectively, of the only church on the tiny island of Finø. Known for fabricating cheap miracles to strengthen their congregation's faith, they have been in trouble before. But this time their children suspect they are up to mischief on a far greater scale.

When Peter and Tilte learn that scientific and religious leaders from around the world are assembling in Copenhagen for a conference, they know their parents are up to something. Peter and Tilte's quest to find them exposes conspiracies, terrorist plots, an angry bishop, a deranged headmaster, two love-struck police officers, a deluded aristocrat and much more along the way.

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9780099569466

  • Length: 400  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 24mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 277g

  • RRP: £12.99

Reviews

  • Hugely enjoyable…both moving and oddly profound

    Harry Ritchie, Daily Mail

  • Peter Høeg displays a glorious facility for the absurd as well as the picaresque, and the hilarity of Peter Finø's narrative makes this a delightful novel

    Sarah Moss, Guardian

  • A playful exercise in whimsy

    Independent on Sunday

  • Warm and funny

    Daily Telegraph

  • This is a strange, beguiling novel, which combines madcap adventure with reflections on trust, affection and individual spiritual life

    Express

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About the Author

Peter Høeg

Peter Høeg was born in 1957 and followed various callings - dancer, actor, fencer, sailor, mountaineer - before he turned seriously to writing. He published his first novel, The History of Danish Dreams, in 1988, and was called 'the foremost writer of his generation' by Information magazine. His crime novel Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow received universal acclaim and was an international bestseller.

Peter Høeg

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