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Scary, sweet, lyrical, and real
Hugely infectious fun
A wild, dark and joyful love song to New Orleans, the power of stories, and hope in the face of destruction
His lyrical prose dances to a rhythm all its own
The Ballad of Perilous Graves is not only an engrossing adventure but a potent homage to the beating heart of one of the world's most magical cities
I ached to live in their world. A stunning debut that is sure to become a classic
Wild, witty, and profound. . . a cosmic storm of talent
A slice of delightfully disorientating and whimsical magic
A beautiful song full of magic and rhythm, darkness and delight. A profoundly gorgeous debut
An enchanting, energetic, wild ride of a story set to a staccato melody. The electric prose leaps off the page in a riot of colours and sounds
An unforgettable story
The two worlds of this gripping and inventive fantasy are so vividly depicted that reading it is a bit like taking a fabulous city break
A hallucinatory wonder of a debut'
Alex Jennings writes with an energy and a profusion of imagination and vividness that carries you off. Brilliant!
Jennings weaves a brilliant tapestry . . . The Ballad of Perilous Graves is a remarkable debut
A beautiful song full of magic and rhythm, darkness and delight. A profoundly gorgeous debut