About the Author

Walter Moers is the author of The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear, Rumo, A Wild Ride Through the Night, The City of Dreaming Books, and The Alchemaster's Apprentice, all published by Overlook.

John Brownjohn is the award-winning translator of Walter Moers, Michael Ende, and many other German writers.

Reviews

"Cheerfully insane Lively and inventive." The New York Times
"A yarn of drollery, deeper meaning, and sheer lunacy." Rolling Stone"

"Cheerfully insane... Lively and inventive." -- The New York Times
"A yarn of drollery, deeper meaning, and sheer lunacy." -- Rolling Stone