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      I’m the King of the Castle

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      'Some people are coming here today, now you will have a companion.' But young Edmund Hooper doesn't want anyone else in Warings, the large and rambling Victorian house he shares with his widowed father. Nevertheless Charles Kingshaw and his mother are soon installed and Hooper...

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      Product ID:9780241970782
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:Penguin Essentials
      Title:I'm the King of the Castle
      Authors:Author: Susan Hill
      Page Count:208
      Subjects:Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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      'Some people are coming here today, now you will have a companion.' But young Edmund Hooper doesn't want anyone else in Warings, the large and rambling Victorian house he shares with his widowed father. Nevertheless Charles Kingshaw and his mother are soon installed and Hooper sets about subtly persecuting the fearful new arrival.

      I''m the King of the Castle by Susan Hill is a chilling novel that explores the extremes of childhood cruelty, now published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.

      ''Some people are coming here today, now you will have a companion.''

      But young Edmund Hooper doesn''t want anyone else in Warings, the large and rambling Victorian house he shares with his widowed father. Nevertheless Charles Kingshaw and his mother are soon installed and Hooper sets about subtly persecuting the fearful new arrival.

      In the woods, Charles fights back but he knows that his rival will always win the affections of the adults - and that worse is still to come . . .


      Imprint Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Publisher Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2014-08-14

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      Weight124 g
      Dimensions180 × 110 × 14 mm