Otto and the Flying Twins William Heinemann / Random House Using a number of original

Using a number of original narrative techniques Johnson attempts to reproduce life (and its travails) as closely as possible through fiction

author of A Far Wilder Magic

was loath to take the job of scouring guesthouses to find the little madam and her paramour

But then out of some deep place comes the command to do what makes no sense at all - to build a ship on dry land

has to step behind the lights into the bitchy world of opera to investigate

Otto and the Flying Twins William Heinemann / Random House Using a number of original*SIGNED VIA BOOKPLATE* Otto is our endearingly bewildered young hero whose world suddenly becomes very odd. Going with his father, Albert, to the FireBox Launderette, Albert is called to help with 'failing machinery' and is seen by Otto calming a purple dragon in the back room. When his baby sisters start to fly, his grandmother becomes a unicorn, and street waifs fly along the street at night on magic carpets pursued by the new Normal Police force,