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The Neverending Book

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A book that makes the sound of turning pages fractionally too early, infuriating its readers; a diary shared by two children with painful secrets; a photo album left by a dying father for when his daughter gets married . . . 
 
From the comically irreverent to the heart-rending to the heart-warming, The Neverending Book delves into all that a book can be, forming an enchanting compendium that reveals the ways in which we interact with books, and the importance they hold in our hearts - all told through the tale of two subjects gathering stories about books for their blind, book-loving king.

THE RUNAWAY JAPANESE BESTSELLER, NOW AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH 
 
Pre-order now and discover the enchanting tale of an aged, near-blind, book-loving king and the stories he collects about unusual and magical books... 
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A book that makes the sound of turning pages fractionally too early, infuriating its readers; a diary shared by two children with painful secrets; a photo album left by a dying father for when his daughter gets married . . . 
 
An elderly book-loving king sends two subjects on a mission: to travel the world collecting stories about weird and wonderful books. Upon their return, they recount their stories for the king over the course of thirteen nights. 
 
From the comically irreverent to the heartrending to the heartwarming, The Neverending Book delves into all that a book can be, forming an enchanting compendium that reveals the ways in which we interact with books, and the importance they hold in our hearts - all told through the tale of two subjects gathering stories about books for their blind, book-loving king. 
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There once was a book-loving king who was very old and nearly blind. 
 
One day, he called two men to his castle and said, ‘I love books, I think I’ve read most of them. But my eyes are so bad now, I can’t read. Still, I love books, and I want to hear stories about them. I command the two of you to travel the world searching for anyone who knows of unusual books. Come back here and tell me their stories.’ 
 
The two men set out on their journey. A year later, they return. The king can no longer so much as sit up in bed. 
 
Night after night, the two men take turns telling him the stories they have collected – tales of detective novels, romances, comedies of errors, diaries, and quests. 
 
The book in your hands is the story of the books they found – and of what happened next . . . 
 
Discover the extraordinary bestselling Japanese graphic novel that is a love letter to books, reading, illustration and storytelling.

Naoki Matayoshi (Author) 
Naoki Matayoshi is an author and comedian. His debut novel Spark won the Akutagawa Prize and became a bestselling phenomenon, selling over three million copies. It has subsequently been adapted into a Netflix original series. 
 
Shinsuke Yoshitake (Author) 
Shinsuke Yoshitake made his debut as a picture book author with Maybe It's an Apple in 2013. He has since authored several other prizewinning works, and has, amongst others, been awarded The Bologna Ragazzi Award Special Prize.

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