The Murdstone Trilogy, by Mal Peet
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The Murdstone Trilogy, by Mal Peet
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Award-winning YA author Philip Murdstone is in trouble. His star has waned. The world is leaving him behind. His agent, the ruthless Minerva Cinch, convinces him that his only hope is to write a sword-and-sorcery blockbuster. Unfortunately, Philip—allergic to the faintest trace of Tolkien—is utterly unsuited to the task. In a dark hour, a dwarfish stranger comes to his rescue. But the deal he makes with Pocket Wellfair turns out to have Faustian consequences. The Murdstone Trilogy is a richly dark comedy described by one U.K. reviewer as "totally insane in the best way possible."
The Murdstone Trilogy, by Mal Peet- Amazon Sales Rank: #652499 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-09-22
- Released on: 2015-09-22
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review 'A genuinely funny comedy - with a Pratchettian mix of gusto and warmth...This may be Mal Peet's first book for grownups, but it is an assured, even virtuoso, performance fully deserving that most prestigious of accolades - a rave review in the Guardian.' - The Guardian; 'The Murdstone Trilogy has instantly become one of my favourite books - right up there with Terry Pratchett and The Princess Bride for fantasy comedy. The writing is sublime and the humour is lacerating. I loved every warped sentence.' - Eoin Colfer; 'I enjoyed this novel hugely. It had a fat, throbbing vein of dark hilarity running right through the middle, with skewered literary personages shrieking and wittering either side. It's a complete nutty fantasy, and yet there's enough weird truth in it to really worry any writer - oh, okay, any reader - who picks it up. If you've ever wondered what the heck writers do all day, The Murdstone Trilogy will give you a good idea - bwahaha - ' - Margo Lanagan; 'Read it whatever your age and find yourself laughing pretty well at every page - it really is that good.' - The Independent; 'Comic gold...deliciously funny, and the story-within-a-story is a glorious send-up of the genre'. - Financial Times; '[Murdstone and Pocket are] expertly drawn... A refreshing and absorbing change of pace.' - SFX Magazine
About the Author Mal Peet published his first novel, Keeper, in 2003. It was translated into several languages and won the Branford Boase Award. He next won the Carnegie Medal in 2005 and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize in 2009, as well as a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor in 2012 for Life: An Exploded Diagram. Born in Norfolk, England, in 1947, Mal Peet died in 2015.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Darkly disturbing satire of publishing and "high fantasy" By Kathy Cunningham Mal Peet's THE MURDSTONE TRILOGY has been compared to Goldman's THE PRINCESS BRIDE - both are snarky send-ups to the fantasy genre. But while BRIDE is charming in its eccentricities and delightfully funny, MURDSTONE is dark, disturbing, and creepily demented. Peet's novel is more Bentley Little than it is William Goldman.At the start, MURDSTONE is a scathing satire of the twenty-first century publishing industry. Philip Murdstone is a successful YA author of "sensitive" stories, with five awards under his belt. But as his sexy agent Minerva Cinch (totally a Roald Dahl name!) tells him, old-school writers like Murdstone are out of synch with the modern publishing world, which now expects authors to blog and tweet and update their Facebook pages and their "wretched narcissistic websites." As Minerva tells Murdstone, "Gone are the days when you simply write a jolly good book and wait for the queues to form. Readers need to be friended, darling. They need to be subscribers. They need to be followers. You can't just sit in splendid isolation." And what readers want most, she says, are fantasy trilogies (or "phantasy," as she explains it). So poor Murdstone is instructed to begin an epic trilogy along the lines of "Lord of the Rings," complete with dark sorcerers, elves, dragons, and plenty of "magick." Unfortunately, the only way Murdstone can write such a book is to make an unsavory deal with an elf-like creature called Pocket Wellfair, an unpleasant fellow who agrees to provide Murdstone with a narrative in exchange for something he calls the "Amulet of Eneydos." What happens after that is a twisted tale of dark sorcery gone mad.I loved the satire in the first part of MURDSTONE - Peet's prose is full of snarky barbs directed at the "throbbing Amazonian hive" that is attempting to "turn authors into drones . . . and children into passive dabbers at electronic tablets free-loading downloads." It's darkly funny and very, very true. And Murdstone is a likeable nerd living in a thatched cottage in a tiny English village, writing his little award-winning books about disabled children rising above their disabilities. I felt for his dilemma - either he stays true to himself (and gradually sinks into penniless obscurity), or he sells himself to the corporate monster and churns out the fantasy tripe.But once Murdstone meets Pocket the story becomes a convoluted web of crazy fantasy tropes that pretty much take over Murdstone's life, as well as the plot. I was definitely reminded of Bentley Little, whose horror novels revolve around the demonization of modern institutions (such as "The Store," in which a Walmart-style superstore gets its literal claws into everyone who sets foot inside). In Peet's novel, it's the story itself that becomes the monster, eating away at poor hapless Murdstone. And it isn't so much the publishing industry that's being satirized as it is the minions of idiots out there salivating over the latest "high phantasy" garbage that's flying off the shelves and lighting up movie screens.I did like THE MURDSTONE TRILOGY, but with the exception of the first fifty pages (which had me laughing out loud every few minutes), I didn't find it particularly funny. Actually, I found it quite depressing and rather sad. As a big fan of THE PRINCESS BRIDE, I can say with great certainty that the two books really have very little in common. At the end of BRIDE, I smiled. At the end of MURDSTONE, I felt a little sick. I'm sure that was Peet's intention, but it wasn't quite what I expected. Read this for the very dark, depraved satire, but don't expect a William Goldman-style ending. This one isn't going to make you feel good!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Okay, Writers. How Many of You Would Sell Your Soul for a Bestseller? Top 10 Things Great About THE MURDSTONE TRILOGY/ By E. Burian-Mohr Show of hands from the writers out there. Would you make a pact with the devil, or someone creepily like-but-not-exactly-the-devil to write a best seller? Or even just to sell your book? I suspect a number are timidly raising hands.That's what Philip Murdstone does. Kind of.You see, he was once a successful YA author of thoughtful sensitive books about boys who are, to quote Minerva Cinch, his agent, "inadequate." Philip made enough money writing what Minerva calls the "Sensitive Dippy Boy genre" that he was able to buy a rustic cottage in rustic Devon and pretty much hide from civilization. Only now the books aren't selling, and Minerva can't get even a nibble on his latest work. Philip needs a hit. Soon. And Minerva has a plan. Philips needs to write a fantasy. High fantasy. Spelled with a p-h. With magial swords and maps and wizards and deep meaning that no one understands.Philip panicks, as would any writer whose genre is definitely not fantasy (or phantasy). Minerva has a formula which she maps out for him, and sends Philip back to write some high phantasy.After getting drunk, Philip embarks on research. Lots and lots of research. It helps him not a whit. Until one night, after over-indulging on a new artisinal beer called Dark Entropy, he goes stumbling out into the bogs and meets the aforementioned kind-of-like-a-devil character, Pocket Wellfair, with whom Philip makes a Faustian pact.When Philip returns home and sits down to write, it's like the book is writing itself. But keep in mind, he's just made a pact a somewhat unsavory character from another realm, and things are not going to go well. And so it begins.Want a top ten list of things that are geat about THE MURDSTONE TRILOGY? Easy.10. Minerva's blueprint for writing high fantasy is hilarious, and probably spot-on. If you read nothing else in the book, read that.9. Mal Peet actually did write sensitive YA fiction. This is his first book aimed at adults and, sadly, his last. He died of cancer in 2015. But there is a legacy of sensitive books once you finish this one. It was Peet who said, "Writing is a form of licensed madness."8. The book is funny. And bizzare. And bizzarely funny. If you are not a LOL person, this just might make you LOL.7. Peet takes square aim at the publsihing industry today: its greed, its insensitivity to the art of writing, its commercialsm and all that is wrong with it.6. Character, character, character. Philip is both schlemazel and schlemiel. He is brilliant and an idiot. You probably wouldn't want to hang out with him in real life but that's okay; he wouldn't want to hang out with you either.5. If you love puns, you'll enjoy the multitude of them. If you don't, well... there's always the fine art of skimming a passage.4. Faust was never this much fun. This is a funny, if painful, romp through publishing, the world of phantasy, and misty legend places.3. Like black comedy? This is very black comedy.2. Peet captures the character of the oh-so-elegant and oh-so-greedy literary agent with flair and humor.1. The ending. Enjoy the ride and wait for it... wait for it.It's phantastic. ;-)
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Insanity in a good way. By Liz Barnsley This book was totally insane in the best way possible. I really really have no idea how to review it if I'm honest but I'll do my best and we will see how we go.Wonderfully weird and terribly clever I don't think I've ever read a book like this one - Philip Murdstone, ex teacher, is encouraged to write a Phantasy ( Yes I can spell!) not his genre but hey its the fashion - but he really doesnt want to do that. So, erm well, other things occur. If I describe them I'll give away the sheer joy of this, it is witty, ironic, funny and sad in equal measure and takes apart the publishing industry in fine fashion with a wry eye and using a set of circumstances that are beyond my powers of speech.The character names alone are enough to bring a smile - Minerva Cinch (ha) his agent is a wonderful character, the strange people who live near Philip, who resides in a mostly isolated cottage on Dartmoor, are brilliantly caricature but all the more believable for it and this is a beautiful, magical, bizarre and preposterous fantasy come black comedy that will have you tied up in reading knots but enjoying every last minute of it.Loved the beginning, loved the middle and thought the ending was fabulous - it is all written in a unique style and with some eclectic prose that matches the tale being told perfectly. It defies description in a lot of ways but if you like a good fantasy story that takes things both extremely seriously and not seriously at all, you will adore this.It is going to be a subjective novel for sure but I would absolutely say give it a go - it is the most fun I've had with a book for ages.Happy Reading Folks!
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