Book:Dodger
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| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Publication date | 13 September 2012 |
| ISBN | 0385619278 |
| Pages | 356 |
| RRP | £18.99 |
| Main characters | Dodger, Solomon Cohen, Simplicity |
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A storm. Rain-lashed city streets. A flash of lightning. A scruffy lad sees a girl leap desperately from a horse-drawn carriage, in a vain attempt to escape her captors. Can the lad stand by and let her be caught again? Of course not, because he's . . . Dodger!
In an alternative London, ruled by the young Queen Victoria, an enterprising lad can find adventure and opportunity - if he is very smart, and very, very lucky. Dodger has the brains, the luck - and the cheek - to scrape by on his own.
Everyone knows Dodger, and everyone likes Dodger. Which is a good thing, because life for a boy on the streets is anything but easy. And it's about to get seriously complicated as a simple haircut turns momentous when Dodger unknowingly puts a stop to the murderous barber Sweeney Todd.
From Dodger's encounters with fictional villains to his meetings with Darwin, Disraeli, and Dickens, history and fantasy intertwine in a breathtaking tale of adventure and mystery, unexpected coming-of-age, and one remarkable boy's rise in a complex and fascinating world.
Characters
- Dodger, a tosher (someone who searches in sewers for valuable items).
- Solomon Cohen
- Simplicity
- Grandad
- Joseph Bazalgette
- Angela Burdett-Coutts
- Charles Dickens
- Henry Mayhew
- The Outlander
- Robert Peel
- Benjamin Disraeli
- Queen Victoria
- Sweeney Todd
- Karl Marx (referenced)
- Mister Hunter and Mister Device, warders at Bedlam.
Extras
The first edition from the retailer Waterstones included the additional material: 'The Wise Words of Solomon Cohen,' a collection of some of Solomon Cohen's sayings in the book along with some new ones.
The first edition from the retailer WHSmith and the ebook edition of Dodger included the additional material: 'Old Comrades,' an small additional chapter where Dodger visits Sweeney Todd in prison.
The first edition from the retailer Tesco included four postcards illustrated by Paul Kidby.
The first edition from the retailer ASDA included the additional material: 'Map of Dodger's London,' two pages that feature an illustration of a map of Victorian London.
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