Three to See the King

‘Pythonesque ... Quirky, deadpan and quietly unhinged'

Magnus Mills author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:16th May '11

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'Magnus Mills is a genius' Big Issue

‘Mills's comedy shares its anthropological glee with The League of Gentlemen...This shouldn't be a speedy page-turner, but it is; light reading with real depth' Guardian

‘Pythonesque ... Quirky, deadpan and quietly unhinged'Scotsman

Living on a windy plain in a house made entirely from tin, a recluse's quiet life is transformed by the severely critical Mary Petrie who arrives unannounced with a trunk of her belongings in tow.

As a procession of new houseguests begins, our narrator is put under pressure as his previously-isolated existence is turned on its head and he is forced to choose between a solitary life and joining the mass exodus of his neighbours...

‘Marvellous ... a delicious ambiguity, a parable which is both loaded and ingenious' * Independent *
‘Mills's comedy shares its anthropological glee with The League of Gentlemen...This shouldn't be a speedy page-turner, but it is; light reading with real depth' * Guardian *
‘Pythonesque ... Quirky, deadpan and quietly unhinged' * Scotsman *
‘Magnus Mills goes from strength to strength...Three to See the King develops his idiosyncratic vision with wry intelligence and wit' * Spectator *

ISBN: 9781408813751

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 173g

240 pages