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    The Printer's Devil
    The Printer's Devil
    The Printer's Devil
    Audiobook9 hours

    The Printer's Devil

    Written by Paul Bajoria

    Narrated by Katherine Kellgren

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    About this audiobook

    This entertaining novel is right at home alongside Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist and Leon Garfield's Smith. In Victorian London, 12-year-old orphan Mog Winter prints wanted posters about all the dangerous villains. When a brute named Cockburn escapes prison, the ink on the posters is barely dry before Mog gets caught up in the criminal underworld. Soon thieves, crooked schemers-even murderers-are hunting Mog, but he doesn't know why.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMar 15, 2013
    ISBN9781470354206
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    • 3/5
      I listened to this book mainly because the audiobook was narrated by Katherine Kellgren, who does such a fabulous job with the Bloody Jack series. Unfortunately, Kellgren's masterful narration was not enough to save this one for me.Mog, an orphan and an apprentice at a small print shop in Victorian London, is caught up in a web of intrigue involving smuggled opium. He meets some sleazy criminals, a vicious boatswain, a mysterious foreigner, and a young boy his own age who bears a startling resemblance to Mog himself.I had lots of problems with this book. I couldn't figure out why Mog was so caught up in the mystery from the beginning -- especially when he was in considerable danger, with nothing to gain but satisfied curiosity. I thought the plot relied too heavily on coincidence. I also thought that two of the big reveals toward the end of the book were blindingly obvious (though one of them might not have been if I hadn't been listening to the audiobook, and that's all I'll say on that in order to avoid spoilers). Most of all, I found the ending extremely unsatisfactory. Nothing was tied up or explained. This appears to be the first book in a trilogy, but I won't be reading the next two books.
    • 4/5
      This was a good mystery / adventure.
    • 4/5
      A sort of boys adventure story set in Victorian London. Mog, the printer's assistant or printer's devil, stumbles across some mysterious criminals and interesting friends. It is a little like a cross between a Dickens story and the Prince and the Pauper. The adventures Mog encounters are fun and a bit scary and mysterious.
    • 4/5
      Twelve year old Mog works as a printer's apprentice or 'Printer's Devil' and becomes caught up in a mystery involving a ship that has recently arrived from India, a theft, mistaken identity and a murderer.This book was an exciting read, full of twists, surprises and secrets. Mog and his friend NIcholas are well-drawn but the book doesn't resolve all the myriad storylines at the end. It is, apparently, the first book in a trilogy although nothing in the book indicates this.Suitable for ages 10 and up.