Dodger -by Terry Pratchett by Pratchett, Terry - 2012

New York, NY: N.Y. / New York: Harper. An Imprint of HarperCollins / Harper Collins, 2012, 1st Edition, First Printing, 2012. ----------hard cover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, likely an unread copy, ---Dodger is a tosher - a sewer scavenger living in the squalor of Dickensian London. Everyone who is nobody knows Dodger. Anyone who is anybody doesn't. But when he rescues a young girl from a beating, suddenly everybody wants to know him. And Dodger's tale of skulduggery, dark plans and even darker deeds begins ---He’s cunning. He’s artful. He’s Terry Pratchett’s DODGER. A storm. Rain-lashed city streets. A flash of lightning. A scruffy lad sees a girl leap desperately from a horse-drawn carriage in a vain attempt to escape her captors. Can the lad stand by and let her be caught again? Of course not, because he’s Dodger. Seventeen-year-old Dodger may be a street urchin, but he gleans a living from London’s sewers, and he knows a jewel when he sees one. He’s not about to let anything happen to the unknown girl—not even if her fate impacts some of the most powerful people in England. ---From Dodger’s encounter with the mad barber Sweeney Todd to his meetings with the great writer Charles Dickens and the calculating politician Benjamin Disraeli, history and fantasy intertwine in a breathtaking account of adventure and mystery. ---Beloved and bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett combines high comedy with deep wisdom in this tale of an unexpected coming-of-age and one remarkable boy’s rise in a complex and fascinating world., any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED tobe AVAILABLE///. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see description)/Near Fine (see description). Illus. by Bill Mayer Cover Art. Flap Not Clipped.