I'm the King of the Castle
Published on 1. April 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-14-104194-0 (ISBN)
Description
I'm the King of the Castle is Susan Hill's spellbinding novel of childhood cruelty.
With an introduction by Esther Freud.
Susan Hill's I'm King of the Castle was first published in 1970. Telling the story of two boys forced to live together by their widowed parents, it is a chilling portrayal of childhood cruelty and persecution, of parental blindness and of our own ambivalence to what are supposed to be the happiest days of our lives.
'Hill's exploration of a juvenile ghoul and his natural prey is a brilliant tour de force'Guardian
'Equalled for poignancy and horror only in Lord of the Flies'Sunday Telegraph
With an introduction by Esther Freud.
Susan Hill's I'm King of the Castle was first published in 1970. Telling the story of two boys forced to live together by their widowed parents, it is a chilling portrayal of childhood cruelty and persecution, of parental blindness and of our own ambivalence to what are supposed to be the happiest days of our lives.
'Hill's exploration of a juvenile ghoul and his natural prey is a brilliant tour de force'Guardian
'Equalled for poignancy and horror only in Lord of the Flies'Sunday Telegraph
Reviews / Votes
Hill's exploration of a juvenile ghoul and his natural prey is a brilliant tour de force-GuardianEqualled for poignancy and horror only in Lord of the Flies-Sunday Telegraph
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
191 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-104194-0 (9780141041940)
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Person
Susan Hill was born in Scarborough in 1942, and educated at grammar schools there and in Coventry. She read English at King's College, London, of which she is now a Fellow. As well as I'm the King of the Castle, her novels include Strange Meeting, The Bird of Night, In the Springtime of the Year, Air and Angels, The Service of Clouds,The Various Haunts of Men, The Pure in Heart, The Rise of Darkness, The Beacon, The Vows of Silence and The Small Hand. She has written several volumes of short stories, including A Bit of Singing and Dancing; two ghost novels, The Woman in Black and The Mist in the Mirror; and a number of stories for children. Her autobiographical books are The Magic Apple Tree and Family. She is married with two adult daughters and lives in North Norfolk.