THE HOSTILE HOSPITAL Book 8 of (A Series of Unfortunate Event
by Lemony Snicket
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- COLLECTIBLE - NEW/None as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0064408663
- ISBN 13
- 9780064408660
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About This Item
New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2001. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/None as Issued. Brett Helquist (Illustrator). BRAND NEW COPY & Collectible. , First Edition, First Printing. Illustrated boards/Fine. DJ/None as Issued. BOOK 8 of 13 volumes in A Series of Unfortunate Events. Children's novels by Lemony Snicket, pen name of author Daniel Handler (1970 -). Lemony Snicket, besides being a pen name, is also the narrator of the tales and hence an inbedded fictional character as well. Chronicle of the turbulent lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire after their parents' death in a fire. In Vol 1 (The Bad Beginning), the three ophans wind up in the custody of a murderous relative, Count Olaf, who has eyes on their inheritance. In Vol 2 , the children are with Dr. Montgomery, their late father's cousin's wife's brother. In Vol 3, they live w/new guardian Aunt Josephine, second cousin's sister-in-law, and, Count Olaf re-surfaces. Vol 4 is life as child laborers at the Lucky Smells Lumbermill. Vol 5, at the Prufock Prefatory boarding school, whose motto is: "remember you will die"). Vol 6 life in a 66-story above ground penthouse without elevators. Vol 7, the three are at V.F.D., a village that adopts orphans. In this Volume 8, attempt to clear themselves of a false murder charge while being pursued by the evil Count Olaf, the three volunteer at the Heimlich Hospital --- one that engages in unnecessary surgery, and, where greedy Count Olaf's girlfriend discovers them and captures Violet, who is then readied for a cranioectomy, a surgery in which the head must be removed. The series has been adapted to film and television, and translated into some 41 languages.
Synopsis
The Hostile Hospital is the eighth novel in the book series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket.
Reviews
On Dec 30 2014, CloggieDownunder said:
The Hostile Hospital is the eighth book in A Series of Unfortunate Events by American author, Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler). As we once again join the unlucky Baudelaire orphans, they are walking to escape the Vile Village where they were accused of murdering Count Olaf.
Having already suffered the loss of their parents, the threat of marriage, slave labour, hypnosis, a terrible boarding school, being thrown down a lift shaft , being thrown in jail and the murder of their Uncle Monty and Aunt Josephine at the hands of the evil Count Olaf and his nefarious assistants, the siblings are ever-vigilant of his reappearance. Luckily these well-mannered and uncomplaining children are also very resourceful: Violet invents, Klaus researches and Sunny bites.
Snicket’s tone throughout is apologetic, sincere and matter-of-fact as he relates the unfortunate events in the children’s lives; his imaginative and even surreptitiously educational style will hold much appeal for younger readers, as will the persistent silliness of adults. Snicket’s word and phrase definitions are often hilarious. There are some literary references to delight older readers.
This instalment sees the Baudelaires join a troupe of Volunteers Fighting Disease at the Heimlich Hospital. They are luckily assigned (by the Head of Human Resources, an adult who is heard and not seen) to filing paperwork in the Library of Records, enabling them to search for clues about Jacques Snicket and whatever intriguing information he had about the Baudelaire parents.
Of course Olaf, Esme and their nasty crew appear to make life difficult and dangerous for the orphans, causing them to resorts to disguise and untruth. Anagrams and alphabet soup play a big part in this instalment; Esme plays a deadly game of filing-cabinet dominoes; Violet almost loses her head, but manages to save the day using rubber bands and a make-shift megaphone. As always, the alliterative titles are delightful and Brett Helquist provides some wonderfully evocative illustrations. Trapped in the trunk of Count Olaf’s car, what will be the fate of our orphans in the ninth instalment, The Carnivorous Carnival?
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- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017657
- Title
- THE HOSTILE HOSPITAL Book 8 of (A Series of Unfortunate Event
- Author
- Lemony Snicket
- Illustrator
- Brett Helquist (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0064408663
- ISBN 13
- 9780064408660
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- Juvenile/Fiction/Novel/Baudelaire Orphans/Count Olaf/Humor/Heimlich Hospital/Daniel Handler
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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