The Daydreamer
The Daydreamer takes the reader out of reality and into the dream world of 10 year old Peter Fortune
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The Daydreamer Paperback ISBN: 9780099590613 Published: 06/10/1995 Imprint: Vintage Extent: 144 pages Subject: Contemporary Fiction $19.95 RRP
Synopsis
In these seven interlinked stories the grown-up Peter reveals the secret journeys, metamorphoses and adventures of his childhood. Living somewhere between dream and reality Peter experiences magical transformations when he swaps bodies with William, the family cat, the baby Kenneth and, in the final story, wakes up as a twelve-year-old inside a grown-up body and experiences the adventure of falling in love.
Editorial Reviews
"Exhilarating - brilliant" - Independent
"A classic" - Financial Times
"Clear and vivid prose...read these aloud to your children and be unsettled by them" - Evening Standard
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