Osbert the Avenger
Tales from Schwartzgarten Series
Author: Christopher William Hill
Book 1 in the Tales from Schwartzgarten series
Pages: 356
Published: 2012
Age: 10+
Meet Osbert Brinkhoff, the unlikeliest of avengers. His is a tale of dark delights and ghastly goings-on, of injustice and revenge. The villains are vicious. The settings are sinister. And good does NOT always prevail . . .
About the Tales from Schwartzgarten Series
Books in series order
- 1.Osbert the Avenger(2012)
- 2.The Woebegone Twins(2013)
- 3.The Lily-Livered Prince(2014)
- 4.Marius and the Band of Blood(2015)
Reading age: 10+ years
If you prefer cleavers to kittens and fiends to fairies, then welcome to the gruesomely funny Tales from Schwartzgarten.
Schwartzgarten is a strange city with an even stranger collection of inhabitants. It might remind you of Prague or Paris in the 1920s - only with more murder, mischief and mayhem.
The dark humour of Tales from Schwartgarten will appeal to fans of Adam Gidwitz and Lemony Snicket. Certain elements are also evocative of some of Roald Dahl's darker tales, such as Matilda, but don't expect any 'happily ever after...' in the city of Schwartzgarten. You have been warned...