This census-taker / Strangers Census takers (Persons) Fathers and sons
Miéville, China,
This census-taker / China Miéville ; read by Matthew Frow. - Unabridged. - 4 CDs (4 hr., 4 min.) : digital, stereo ; 12 cm ; in container.
Read by Matthew Frow.
In a remote house on a hilltop, a lonely boy witnesses a traumatic event. He tries - and fails - to flee. Left alone with his increasingly deranged parent, he dreams of safety, of joining the other children in the town below, of escape. When at last a stranger knocks at his door, the boy senses that his days of isolation might be over. But by what authority does this man keep the meticulous records he carries? What is the purpose behind his questions? Is he friend? Enemy? Or something else altogether? This is a story filled with beauty, terror and strangeness.
9781509846481
Strangers--Fiction.
Census takers (Persons)--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Audiobooks.
823.914
This census-taker / China Miéville ; read by Matthew Frow. - Unabridged. - 4 CDs (4 hr., 4 min.) : digital, stereo ; 12 cm ; in container.
Read by Matthew Frow.
In a remote house on a hilltop, a lonely boy witnesses a traumatic event. He tries - and fails - to flee. Left alone with his increasingly deranged parent, he dreams of safety, of joining the other children in the town below, of escape. When at last a stranger knocks at his door, the boy senses that his days of isolation might be over. But by what authority does this man keep the meticulous records he carries? What is the purpose behind his questions? Is he friend? Enemy? Or something else altogether? This is a story filled with beauty, terror and strangeness.
9781509846481
Strangers--Fiction.
Census takers (Persons)--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Audiobooks.
823.914