ARGONAUT BOOKS

The djinni Bartimaeus is summoned by a young apprentice, Nathaniel, to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician, Simon Lovelace. Chaos and action ensue but the apprentice and the djinn save the day. Reviews Drama, humour and hypnotically engaging storytellingIndependentThe truly original touch is the way Stroud alternates Nathaniel's story with the djinni's own knowing and irascible first-person narrativeGuardianThe narrative slips skilfully from first person to third and back and Bartimaeus's voice is laugh-out-loud sassy, while Nathaniel's s...Read More