Half-Sick Of Shadows av David Logan

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<p>On the eve of Granny Hazel¿s burial in the back garden, a stranger in his time machine ¿ a machine that bears an uncanny resemblance to a Morris Minor ¿ visits five year-old Edward with a strange request. And Edward agrees to be his friend. <br><br>But Edward is not alone in the world. His twin sister Sophia is about to bring future tragedy upon herself through an all-too-literal misunderstanding of a promise she¿s made to their father. <br><br>So while Sophia stays at home, seemingly condemned to spend the rest of her days in The Manse ¿ a world untouched by modern trappings ¿ Edward is sent to boarding school. There he encounters the kind and the not-so-kind, and meets the strangest child. His name is Alf, and Alf is a boy whose very existence would seem to hint at universes of unlimited possibilities...and who might one day help Edward liberate Sophia.<br><br>With its Gothic backdrop, <i>Half-Sick of Shadows</i> is a novel of many parts: at once a comical tragedy, a dark and dazz