In this whimsical fantasy adventure, a novelist's search for an author takes him to a magical city, a villainous literary scholar, and perilous catacombs.

Optimus Yarnspinner's search for an author's identity takes him to Bookholm?the so-called City of Dreaming Books. On entering its streets, our hero feels as if he has opened the door of a gigantic second-hand bookshop. His nostrils are assailed by clouds of book dust, the stimulating scent of ancient leather, and the tang of printer's ink.

Soon, though, Yarnspinner falls into the clutches of the city's evil genius, Pfistomel Smyke, who treacherously maroons him in the labyrinthine catacombs underneath the city, where reading books can be genuinely dangerous...
In The City of Dreaming Books, Walter Moers transports us to a magical world where reading is a remarkable adventure. Only those intrepid souls who are prepared to join Yarnspinner on his perilous journey should read this book. We wish the rest of you a long, safe, unutterably dull, and boring life!

Praise for The City of Dreaming Books

"German author and cartoonist Moers returns to the mythical lost continent of Zamonia in his uproarious third fantasy adventure to be translated into English, a delightfully imaginative mélange of Shel Silverstein zaniness and oddball anthropomorphism à la Terry Pratchett's Discworld... A wonderfully whimsical story that will appeal to readers of all ages." -- Publishers Weekly

"A salmagundi of whimsy, imagination and book lore -- remarkable fun." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Moers puts Tolkien through some sort of Willy Wonka sweetening process and comes up with characters such as Optimus Yarnspinner, who, names being fate and all, just has to be a storyteller." -- Kirkus Reviews

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