Books by Timothée de Fombelle
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review 1: Right before he becomes a priest, Vango is accused of murder and on the verge of being arrested in Paris. He takes off across the city roofs, leading the police and some mysterious others on a merry chase across the countryside. Running for his life is nothing new for Vango, thou...
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review 1: Laba grāmata. Neteikšu, ka izcila, neteikšu, ka slikta. Kaut kā bieži vien ļoti paredzama - katram iepazīstinātajam tēlam tu jūti apakšā ielikto domu, zini, ka, ak, šis ir pieminēts tāpēc, ka vēlāk ar viņu tiks skaidrots tas un tas. Protams, visi tie samezglojumi ir aizraujoši, b...
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review 1: Read for librarian book groupTranslated from the French, so I'm not sure if it's a French thing to not really wrap up the book. Although William Alexander didn't bother to do so in Ambassador, so maybe it's this year's new thing.Anyway! Until the end, which seems to be more of ...
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review 1: A very slight disappointment, as sequels go, but truly a wonderful read- it took the story to different levels, and since the first book had been such a joy for me it would have been hard for the sequel to match up, but it did... just in ways I didn't anticipate. A bit more gory,...
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review 1: "Toby Alone" and its sequel "Toby and the Secrets of the Tree" map out a beautiful and imaginative world. This is probably a "young adult" book, but it is truly ageless. My 50-something friend gave me these books, and my 30-something self was glued to them from page 1. de Fombell...
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review 1: The sequel and conclusion to Toby Alone, an "eco-adventure" about tiny beings who live in a giant tree that is being destroyed by the dimwitted but powerful Joe Mitch, is an excellent follow-up that wraps up nicely. There are a lot of parts to this book, which make it hard for me...