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    The Lad Of The Gad

    By Alan Garner

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    From the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker and the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize-winning classic, The Owl Service

    The much-loved classic, finally in ebook.

    In 'The Lad of the Gad' Alan Garner has reworked five stories from the Gaelic layers of British folktale.

    Folk and fairy tales have not always been relegated to children, and older readers will appreciate Garner's ability to give these stories a new vitality for our time.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateAug 15, 2013
    ISBN9780007539109
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    The Lad Of The Gad
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    Alan Garner

    Alan Garner was born and still lives in Cheshire, an area which has had a profound effect on his writing and provided the seed of many ideas worked out in his books. His fourth book, ‘The Owl Service’ brought Alan Garner to everyone’s attention. It won two important literary prizes – The Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal – and was made into a serial by Granada Television. It has established itself as a classic and Alan Garner as a writer of great distinction.

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