Edgar is a child who decides to pop in to say hello to his Uncle Montague's. He has still two boring lonely summer holidays in a village, and can't stand it anymore. The uncle and his own father do not get on well, because the uncle is a bit too eccentric for everybody's taste. In the village there are other children, but they seem to keep their distance, something which Edgar's parents agree with, as they are quite snobbish. Montague lives accompanied only by Franz, a kind of butler/servant.

Edgar is eager to hear Uncle Montague's tales, each based of an object of the exquisite collection he has amassed. Each episode is a horror tale. However, the action in the frame plot advances - until the chapter before last is Uncle Montague's own story. Then there is one more episode, a kind of coda which I didn't really like

This is a book for teenagers - supposedly, but I think that sometimes the stories are quite terrifying, so I would recommend it to fans of horror stories by Stephen King, for example.

Released this Tuesday.

Veleta, thank you for bringing this book to the meetup, I loved it!
I think you may have missed something from the last story, in that it confirms what I thought might be the case about Edgar. Remind me to tell you next time we meet!

Dear Finder of this book,

I'm so glad it has found a home with you. I hope you enjoy reading it and that you might take a few moments to jot down here what you thought about the book, or about finding it, or about bookcrossing.

If you decide to join bookcrossing, now that you have discovered the site, I'd be delighted if you would mention me - WistfulDragon - as the person who introduced you to the site.

Happy reading

WistfulDragon

I found it at this month's meet up!

I am bringing it to September's book walk

Thank you, Dellaporta, for releasing this! My partner and I found this book whilst out to celebrate her birthday - such a pleasant surprise! We're both planning to read it and release it back into the wild!

Travel well, little book!