Quigsnip: The Untold tale of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist

by Sean Phillips

"Quigsnip" is a tale of Dickens' Oliver Twist, that Dickens himself seemed too frightened to tell, of a plotline which he began, but never finished.... Oliver Twist, the brave orphan boy who defied the workhouse board has found his rich family, and is now well-nourished, and living among luxury. He imagines his former life as a half-starved workhouse waif in the clutches of the infamous Fagin gang is far behind him. But one villain remains at large. He is a villain with an unknown connection to Oliver’s past. A villain who controls the entire underworld of Victorian London. A villain who will stop at nothing until he has destroyed all that the boy loves, before putting Oliver in his grave…

230 pages, Paperback

First published August 23, 2014

Reviews

[Sean Phillips · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book, because...I wrote it myself. Besides, it was a joy to write, whatever anyone else might think. Writing a new novle based on a notorious loose end in Dickens' Oliver Twist was something I've always wanted to do since my college years. Only during summer 2014 did I think up the entire, workable plot to the novel from start to finish.If they ever did a movie sequal to Oliver Twist, this is what I would have wanted to see my self. The plot is fairly simple--someone who shares a mysterious connection with Oliver Twist's past returns with the intention of destroying him. Only the worst thing you could do to Oliver is to actually make him commit a crime against his will and destroy his reputation...