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Edward Carey

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North Walsham, The United Kingdom

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Literature & Fiction, Fantasy

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Edward Carey is a writer and illustrator who was born in North Walsham, Norfolk, England, during an April snowstorm. Like his father and his grandfather, both officers in the Royal Navy, he attended Pangbourne Nautical College, where the closest he came to following his family calling was playing Captain Andy in the school’s production of Showboat. Afterwards he joined the National Youth Theatre and studied drama at Hull University.

He has written plays for the National Theatre of Romania and the Vilnius Small State Theatre, Lithuania. In England his plays and adaptations have been performed at the Young Vic Studio, the Battersea Arts Centre, and the Royal Opera House Studio. He has collaborated on a shadow puppet production of Macbeth in Ma ...more

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Average rating: 3.88 · 27,692 ratings · 4,222 reviews · 28 distinct works • Similar authors

	Little 4.02 avg rating — 13,961 ratings — published 2018 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heap House (Iremonger, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 5,453 ratings — published 2013 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Observatory Mansions 3.91 avg rating — 2,125 ratings — published 2000 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Swallowed Man 3.51 avg rating — 2,055 ratings — published 2020 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Foulsham (Iremonger, #2) 3.95 avg rating — 1,565 ratings — published 2014 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Edith Holler 3.90 avg rating — 1,098 ratings — published 2023 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lungdon (Iremonger, #3) 4.01 avg rating — 751 ratings — published 2015 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alva & Irva: The Twins Who Saved a City 3.75 avg rating — 385 ratings — published 2003 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	B: A Year in Plagues and Pencils 4.31 avg rating — 96 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La trilogia degli Iremonger by Edward Carey, Sergio Claudio Perroni (Translator) 4.19 avg rating — 42 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Edward Carey

The Iremonger Trilogy (4 books)
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Edward Carey,

Sergio Claudio Perroni (Translator)

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Quotes by Edward Carey (?)

“Though we longed not to be lonely, we also feared the pain it would take us to be brought out of our lonely states. And after that fear, could we be guaranteed that we would never be returned to a state of loneliness again? We could not.”
― Edward Carey, Observatory Mansions

tags: humanity

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“What casual monsters we are. What calamities we are capable of.”
― Edward Carey, Little

tags: humans

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“During relaxation we drop our guard. Particularly in conversation. Relaxed conversation leads to openness. And in openness we often reveal what should never be revealed.”
― Edward Carey, Observatory Mansions

tags: conversation, introversion, openness, relaxation, reveal, secret, self, social

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November 2017 - Fantasy

Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory, 416p

12 votes, 38.7%

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson, 688p

6 votes, 19.4%

Inda by Sherwood Smith, 576p

5 votes, 16.1%

The Troupe by Robert Jackson Bennett, 500p

4 votes, 12.9%

The Thief of Always by Clive Barker, 225p

3 votes, 9.7%

Heap House by Edward Carey, 410p

1 vote, 3.2%

31 total votes

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